Whidbey Passage is a cultural feature (channel) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Whidbey Passage |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Cultural |
Class: | Channel |
Description: | along the W shore of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, E of Fingers Bay, 40 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. |
History: | Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1942 for Joseph Whidbey, Master of the Discovery, and one of Captain George Vancouver's principal assistants, who landed at the mouth of Glacier Bay in 1794. |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 58.6138877869 |
Longitude: | -136.197219849 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Whidbey Passage: Whidbey Passage.
Bartlett Cove, AK (15.2 miles SE) |