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Cleveland Passage

Cleveland Passage

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  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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extends N along E side of Whitney I., 70 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. 5 miles long.

History of Cleveland Passage

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908, then President of the United States; published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145).