Alaska Gazetteer
Johnstone Passage is a cultural feature (channel) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Johnstone Passage |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | trends N from Yakutat Roads to Ahduck Bay, along NE coast of Khantaak I., 2 mi. N of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain. |
| History: | Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Master James Johnstone, Royal Navy (RN), one of the companions of Captain George Vancouver. The name was published in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 209). |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.5894432068 |
| Longitude: | -139.71472168 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Johnstone Passage: Johnstone Passage.
| Situk, AK (12.1 miles SSE) |
