Alaska Gazetteer
Nakwasina Passage is a cultural feature (channel) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Nakwasina Passage places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Nakwasina Passage |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | between N coast of Halleck I. and Baranof I., 14 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Russian name meaning ""fermented"" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Guba Nakvasinskaya."" This name was applied to both the water passage and the sound until 1929, when U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) made a distinction between the two features." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.2494430542 |
| Longitude: | -135.452224731 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Nakwasina Passage: Nakwasina Passage.
