Information About

Fortuna Strait

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Fortuna Strait on The Map

Location

57 ° 25' 14.002" N,
135 ° 53' 28" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Pelican

Fortuna Strait in Detail.

About

between Klokachef I. and Khaz Peninsula, Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named by the Russians; published in 1948 on Russian Hydrographic Chart 1397 as "Proliv Fortuny" meaning "Fortuny Strait." "The Spanish schooner Fortuna, * * * was found ashore here and taken by the Russian American Company's vessels as a prize in 1819. The name has doubtless come from this circumstance"(Baker, 1906, p. 262).