Narrow Strait is a cultural feature (channel) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Narrow Strait places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Narrow Strait |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Cultural |
Class: | Channel |
Description: | 7 mi. long, between Spruce I. and NE coast of Kodiak I. |
History: | "Partial translation of the name ""Proliv Uzenkoy ili Yelovoy,"" meaning ""narrow or spruce strait"" given by Sub.-Lt. M. Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425." |
Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
Latitude: | 57.9000015259 |
Longitude: | -152.456939697 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Narrow Strait: Narrow Strait.
Ouzinkie, AK
(2.4 miles NW) Mill Bay, AK (6.8 miles SSE) Kodiak, AK (7.9 miles SSE) Kodiak Station, AK (10.1 miles SSW) |
Port Lions, AK
(15.8 miles W) Womens Bay, AK (17 miles SSW) Aleneva, AK (20 miles NW) |
Aleksashkina, AK
(9.1 miles SSE) Aleut Village, AK (14 miles NW) Afognak, AK (14.1 miles NW) Duck Village, AK (14.8 miles NNW) |