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Johnstone Passage

Johnstone Passage

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  • Yakutat
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trends N from Yakutat Roads to Ahduck Bay, along NE coast of Khantaak I., 2 mi. N of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History of Johnstone Passage

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).