Alaska Gazetteer
Deer Passage is a cultural feature (channel) in Aleutians East Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Deer Passage |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | between Deer I. and Bold Cape, on SW end of Aleutian Range |
| History: | "Name derived from Deer i. and given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1926 as Deer Island Passage. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) initiated the changing of this name in 1928 to Deer Passage because it ""is shorter and eliminates the double descriptive designation which ellipses if objectionable.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.9958343506 |
| Longitude: | -162.313613892 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Deer Passage: Deer Passage.
| Belkofski, AK (12.9 miles ENE) |
