Alaska Gazetteer
Hinchinbrook Entrance is a cultural feature (channel) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Hinchinbrook Entrance |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | at entrance to Prince William Sounds, between Hinchinbrook I. and Montague I., 40 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts. 10 miles long. |
| History: | Mariners name reported in 1901 by US@C&GS; so called for nearby Hinchinbrook Island Captain Abercrombie in Glenn and Abercombie, (1899, p. 297), USA, called it Meiklejohn Entrance April 8, 1898, in honor of Hon. (George DeRue) Meiklejohn, 1857-1929, Assistant Secretary of War in the Mckinley administration. |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.2691650391 |
| Longitude: | -146.798339844 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Hinchinbrook Entrance: Hinchinbrook Entrance.
