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Hinchinbrook Entrance

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 16' 9.001" N,
146 ° 47' 53.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Bays

Port Etches,

Hinchinbrook Entrance in Detail.

About

at entrance to Prince William Sounds, between Hinchinbrook I. and Montague I., 40 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts. 10 miles long.

History

Mariners name reported in 1901 by US@C&GS; so called for nearby Hinchinbrook Island Captain Abercrombie in Glenn and Abercombie, (1899, p. 297), USA, called it Meiklejohn Entrance April 8, 1898, in honor of Hon. (George DeRue) Meiklejohn, 1857-1929, Assistant Secretary of War in the Mckinley administration.

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