Alaska Gazetteer
Behm Canal is a cultural feature (channel) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Behm Canal |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | 108 miles long. Between Revillagigedo I. and mainland, from W entrance at Clarence Strait at 552800N1315500W it extends N 33 mi. then NE 15 mi. through Behm Narrows to Point Whaley and then S 60 mi. to its E entrance at Revillagigedo Channel, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), ""in 1793 after Major Magnus Carl von Behm, commandant of Kamchatka in 1779"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 375)." |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.9369430542 |
| Longitude: | -131.188339233 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Behm Canal: Behm Canal.
| Bell Island Hot Springs, AK (14.6 miles W) |
