Alaska Gazetteer
South Passage is a cultural feature (channel) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | South Passage |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | E of Whitney I., extends S from Cleveland Passage to Fanshaw Bay, 71 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Descriptive name probably given by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145). |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.2172203064 |
| Longitude: | -133.505828857 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for South Passage: South Passage.
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Cape Fanshaw, AK
(< 0.1 mile) |
Entrance Island, AK
(13.7 miles N) |
