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South Passage

South Passage

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  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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E of Whitney I., extends S from Cleveland Passage to Fanshaw Bay, 71 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History of South Passage

Descriptive name probably given by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145).