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trends from Icy Strait SW to Gulf of Alaska, N of Soapstone Point, 45 mi. W of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 12 miles long.
HistorySo named in 1778 by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 345), Royal Navy (RN)., because it was discovered on May 3, designated on his calendar as Holy Cross day. It has been called "Pr(oliv) Kresta" meaning "cross sound" and "Pr(oliv) Ledyanoy" meaning "icy strait" by the russians. "Entrada de la Cruz" meaning "entry of the cross" and "Puerto de la Cruz" meaning "port of the cross." The name originally included what is now Icy Strait.
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White-winged Scoter, Ancient Murrelet, Surf Scoter, Sandhill Crane, Rhinoceros Auklet, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Red-necked Phalarope, Short-billed Dowitcher, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Merganser, Northern Fulmar, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Black Scoter, Short-tailed Shearwater, Black Turnstone, Double-crested Cormorant, Surfbird, Red Phalarope, California Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Common Raven, Barn Swallow, Common Murre, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Parakeet Auklet, Black Oystercatcher, Cassin's Auklet, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Black-footed Albatross, Trumpeter Swan, Long-tailed Duck, Semipalmated Plover, South Polar Skua, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled Murrelet, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin, Sabine's Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Arctic Tern, Yellow-billed Loon, Laysan Albatross, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Leach's Storm-petrel, Manx Shearwater, Pelagic Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon
George Islands, Inian Islands,
Bars:Dad Rock, Polka Rock, Seiners Rock, South Rock,
Basins:Bays:The Hobbit Hole, Port Althorp, Bingham Cove, Cross Sound, Dicks Arm, Dundas Bay, Earl Cove, Elfin Cove, Fern Harbor, Granite Cove, Hoktaheen Cove, Inian Cove, Lacy Cove, Mite Cove, Mosquito Cove, Murphy Cove, Soapstone Cove, Surge Bay, Surge Bay, Taylor Bay,
Capes:Point Lucan, Althorp Peninsula, Cape Bingham, Cape Spencer, Column Point, False Point, Point Lavinia, Polka Peninsula, Rock Point, Soapstone Point, Point Villaluenga, Point Wimbledon,
Channels:Middle Pass, Mosquito Pass, North Inian Pass,
Cliffs:Islands:Althorp Rock, Gaff Rock, George Island, Inian Island, Junction Island, Miner Island, Mite Island, Taylor Island, Three Hill Island, Yakobi Island, Yakobi Rock, Zip Rock,
Lakes:Hoktaheen Lake, North Trick Lake, South Trick Lake, Surge Lake,
Mine:Mountains:Mount Althorp, Basalt Knob, Bingham Peak, Vein Mountain,
Rivers:Streams:Bohemia Creek, Fault Creek, Hoktaheen Creek, Margret Creek, Meadow Creek,
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