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Peter Puget
Named by Puget
- Knight Island, Alaska (Yakutat Bay): Named by Puget in 1794, "probably for Sir John Knight, RN, who had been a fellow prisoner with Broughton, commander of the Chatham, in American in 1777, during the Revolutionary War". (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 533)
- Wingham Island, Alaska (Malaspina Coastal Plain): Named by Puget in 1794. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 1054)
Named for Puget
- Puget Sound
- Puget Island, OR: In Columbia River. (GNIS|1507650|Puget Island)
- Puget Bay, Alaska: South side of Kenai Peninsula; also nearby Cape Puget and Puget Glacier. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 781) (GNIS|1424676|Puget Bay)
- Puget Glacier: "Named in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name derived from nearby Cape Puget." (GNIS|1424678|Puget Glacier)
- Puget Peak, Alaska (Kenai Peninsula): Mountain at the head of Puget Bay. (GNIS|1424679|Puget Peak)
- Puget Cove, Alaska: Near Yakutat Bay; named in 1879 by W.H. Dall for Peter Puget. Also nearby Puget Peninsula (between Yakutat Bay and Russell Fiord). (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 781) (GNIS|1424677|Puget Cove)
- Puget Peninsula, Alaska (between Yakutat Bay and Russell Fiord): "Named by Tarr and Martin (1906, p. 146), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Lieutenant Peter Puget, Royal Navy (RN), a member of Captain Vancouver's party." (GNIS|1896287|Puget Peninsula)
- Puget Bluff, BC: West side of Quadra Island on Discovery Passage. (BCGNIS|21320|Puget Bluff)
- Puget Cove, BC: East side of Chatham Island facing Haro Strait. (BCGNIS|21323|Puget Cove)
- Puget, WA: Populated place in Thurston County facing Anderson Island. (GNIS|1511244|Puget)
Joseph Whidbey
Named by Whidbey
- Barlow Cove, Alaska (19 mi NW of Juneau): Explored and named by Whidbey in 1794. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 106)
- Cape Puget, Alaska (Kenai Peninsula): Named by Whidbey for Peter Puget, 1794. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 781) (GNIS|1420871|Cape Puget)
Named for Whidbey
- Whidbey Island, WA: (GNIS|1509451|Whidbey Island)
- Point Whidbey, Alaska (on Lynn Canal): Named by George Davidson, USC&GS, for Joseph Whidbey. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 1041) "Named by George Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Joseph Whidbey, Royal Navy (RN), one of Captain George Vancouver's principal assistants during his explorations in 1792-95 and Master of His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Discovery. The name "Point Whidbey" was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 195). In 1889 Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), called it "Point Grant." (GNIS|1424504|Point Whidbey)
- Whidbey Bay, Alaska (Kenai Peninsula): Named in 1908 by U.S. Grant, USGS, for Joseph Whidbey. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 1041) "Named in 1908 by U. S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "after Vancouver's Lieut, "Joseph Whidbey."" (GNIS|1415712|Whidbey Bay)
- Whidbey Passage, Alaska (Glacier Bay): "Named in 1942 by USC&GS", for Joseph Whidbey. (Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, p. 1041) "Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1942 for Joseph Whidbey, Master of the Discovery, and one of Captain George Vancouver's principal assistants, who landed at the mouth of Glacier Bay in 1794." (GNIS|1415713|Whidbey Passage)
- Whidbey Point, BC: East side of Fitz Hugh Sound. (BCGNIS|26916|Whidbey Point)
- Whidbey Reach, BC: Toward east end of Gardner Canal, east of Kemano River. (BCGNIS|21054|Whidbey Reach)
Refs
Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved 6 December 2025.