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Alargate Rocks in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough AK

Alargate Rocks, Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough, Alaska

Alargate Rocks is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.

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Feature Name:	Alargate Rocks
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Island
Description:	extend 1,100 ft. in Portillo Channel, on NW coast of San Fernando I.; Alex. Arch.
History:	"named in 1923 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Spanish ""alagar,"" meaning ""to sheer off""; Baker (1906, p. 568) published the name ""Sheer-off-there Rock."" ""Alargate Alla,"" meaning ""give this a wide berth,"" was published next to this feature on maps of the 1779 expedition of Ignacio Arteaga (Wagner, 1937, p. 373). made by the navigator Francisco Antonio Maurelle."
Borough:	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough
Latitude:	55.5158348083
Longitude:	-133.440826416

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Alargate Rocks: Alargate Rocks.

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