Alaska Gazetteer
Sumner Strait is a cultural feature (channel) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sumner Strait |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | Extends from Iphigenia Bay between Coronation and Warren Islands, between Kuiu and Prince of Wales Islands, around the north part of Price of Wales Island, between Zarembo and Mitkof Islands ending near the mouth of the Stikine River, west of Rynda Island. |
| History: | Named in 1875 by W.H. Dall, for the Honorable Charles Sumner, 1811-1874, U.S. Senator from Massachussetts from 1851-1874. |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.3933334351 |
| Longitude: | -133.509994507 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sumner Strait: Sumner Strait.
|
Point Baker, AK
(5.1 miles WSW) |
Port Protection, AK
(6.3 miles SSW) |
| Labouchere Bay, AK (8.2 miles SW) |
