Alaska Gazetteer
Sitakaday Narrows is a cultural feature (channel) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sitakaday Narrows |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | at S end of Glacier Bay National Monument, just W of the Beardslee is., 34 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1942. The name Sit-a-ka-day means ""icy bay,"" ""and is said to be the Tlingit Indian name for Glcier Bay. The passage is the narrowest part of the entrance to Glacier Bay and was called Ripple Narrows on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 8304 in 1940." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.5163879395 |
| Longitude: | -136.066390991 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sitakaday Narrows: Sitakaday Narrows.
| Bartlett Cove, AK (7.1 miles SE) |
