Alaska Gazetteer
Portillo Channel is a cultural feature (channel) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Portillo Channel |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | connecting Gulf of Esquibel and Ursua Channel, between Lulu and San Fernando Is., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Named Canal de Portillo by Francisco Antonio Maurelle about May 22, 1779, when he sailed through it, probably after Jose de Portillo who a little later became a minister of the Council of the Indies in Spain (Wagner, 1937, p. 403). |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.493057251 |
| Longitude: | -133.424728394 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Portillo Channel: Portillo Channel.
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Craig, AK
(10.9 miles E) |
Klawock, AK
(13.5 miles ENE) |
| Waterfall, AK (15.4 miles SSE) |
