Alaska Gazetteer
Wrangell Narrows is a cultural feature (channel) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Wrangell Narrows |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | extends S from Frederick Sound to Sumner Strait, separates Mitkof I. from Kupreanof and Woewodski Islands, 24 miles long |
| History: | "This feature was named ""Proliv Vrangelya"" or ""Wrangell Strait"" in 1838 by G. Lindenberg for Admiral Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell; name published in 1850 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1441. The name ""Wrangell Narrows"" was originally applied to the central part of Wrangell Strait where it is most constricted." |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.6347236633 |
| Longitude: | -132.941116333 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wrangell Narrows: Wrangell Narrows.
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Petersburg, AK
(12.2 miles N) |
Kupreanof, AK
(12.5 miles N) |
|
Scow Bay, AK
(9.4 miles N) |
Doyhof, AK
(10.5 miles N) |
