Alaska Gazetteer
Isanotski Strait is a cultural feature (channel) in Aleutians East Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Isanotski Strait |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | between Unimak I. and Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Islands. 1 mile wide and 5 miles long. |
| History: | "Aleut name reported by Captain Lutke, (1836, p. 262), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). as ""Issanakh"" from the word ""isanaq"" which, according to R. H. Geohegan, means ""tear (split or strait)."" Hydrographic Dept. includes Bechevin Bay in the application of the name ""Pr(oliv) Isannakhskiy"" on Chart 1379 published in 1847." |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.8294448853 |
| Longitude: | -163.380554199 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Isanotski Strait: Isanotski Strait.
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Morzhovoi, AK
(6 miles NNE) |
Ikatan, AK
(6.3 miles SSE) |
