Alaska Gazetteer
Passage Islands is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Passage Islands places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Passage Islands |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Middle Channel, Sitka Sound, 2 mi. SW of Sitka; Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "this is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Prokhoda."" islands were called ""Goloy,"" meaning ""bare"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 38), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0283317566 |
| Longitude: | -135.365829468 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Passage Islands: Passage Islands.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Passage Islands does not include property ownership information.
| Goddard, AK (13.3 miles S) |
