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Wrangell Narrows

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Location

56 ° 38' 4.999" N,
132 ° 56' 28" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Wrangell Narrows in Detail.

About

extends S from Frederick Sound to Sumner Strait, separates Mitkof I. from Kupreanof and Woewodski Islands, 24 miles long

History

This feature was named "Proliv Vrangelya" or "Wrangell Strait" in 1838 by G. Lindenberg for Admiral Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell; name published in 1850 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1441. The name "Wrangell Narrows" was originally applied to the central part of Wrangell Strait where it is most constricted.

Topo Maps

Petersburg C-3 (1948), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg C-3 (1953), Petersburg C-3 (1953), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg C-3 NW (1992), Petersburg C-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Wrangell Narrows

Cities:

Archipelagos:

Bars:

Burnt Island Reef, California Boulder Patch, Colorado Reef, Coply Reef, Midway Rock, North Ledge, Prolewy Rocks, South Ledge, Spike Rock,

Bays:

Baht Harbor, Halfmoon Anchorage, Hoagies Hole, Kah Sheets Bay, Krauses Hole, Little Baht Harbor, Little Duncan Bay, Long Pond, Saint John Harbor, Scow Bay, Woodpecker Cove,

Capes:

Point Saint John, Point Alexander, Point Howe, Point Humbug, Point Lockwood, Anchor Point, Bayou Point, Blind Point, Blunt Point, Boulder Point, Craig Point, Danger Point, December Point, Deception Point, False Island Point, Finger Point, Frederick Point, Green Point, Hicks Point, Hood Point, Inlet Point, Island Point, Lindenberg Peninsula, Low Point, Mountain Point, No Thorofare Point, North Point, Prolewy Point, Rock Point, Spruce Point, Turn Point, Vexation Point,

Channels:

Beecher Pass, Duncan Canal, Keene Channel, Petersburg Bar Range, Whiskey Pass, Wrangell Narrows,

Cities:

Dams:

Crystal Lake Dam, Petersburg Dam, Petersburg Lower Reservoir Dam,

Fictional Places:

Flats:

Boulder Flats, North Flat, South Flat,

Islands:

Battery Islets, Big Bowlder, Big Level Island, Big Saltery Island, Blind Island, Blowdown Island, Burnt Island, Bush Top Island, Butterworth Island, Christmas Island, Emily Island, Fair Island, Foremost Rock, Green Rocks, Grief Island, Jewell Island, Kah Sheets Island, Keene Island, Little Level Island, Little Saltery Island, Lung Island, McDonald Islands, Mitkof Island, Northerly Island, Pearl Island, Point Lockwood Rock, Sasby Island, Southerly Island, Station Island, Vichnefski Rock, White Rock, Woewodski Island, Woody Island,

Lakes:

Crystal Lake, Green Rocks Lake, Harrys Lake, Harvey Lake, Petersburg Reservoir,

Mountains:

Horn Mountain, Narrows Peak, Petersburg Mountain, Sumner Mountains, Survey Mountains,

Parks:

Beecher Pass State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Blind Slough, Blind Slough,

Rivers:

Streams:

Coho Creek, Colorado Creek, Falls Creek, Kah Sheets Creek, Ohmer Creek, Petersburg Creek, Spirit Creek, Taain Creek, Twin Creek,

Cities:

Routes:

Duncan Canal Portage, Harvey Lake Trail, Kah Sheets Trail, Petersburg Lake Trail, Petersburg Trail, Raven Trail,

Valleys:

Cities:

Doyhof, Saint John Harbor, Scow Bay,