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Nakwasina Passage

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 14' 57.998" N,
135 ° 27' 7.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Nakwasina Passage in Detail.

About

between N coast of Halleck I. and Baranof I., 14 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name meaning "fermented" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Guba Nakvasinskaya." This name was applied to both the water passage and the sound until 1929, when U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) made a distinction between the two features.

Places Near Nakwasina Passage
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Magoun Islands,

Areas:

Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Columbine Rock, E Francis Rock, Ferebee Rock, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Makhnati Rock, Midway Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Usher Rock, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Basins:

Billy Basin,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Crescent Bay, Deep Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Fish Bay, Gilmer Cove, Haley Anchorage, Jamestown Bay, Katlian Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Schulze Cove, Sealing Cove, Sitka Harbor, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Brown, Allan Point, Arthur Point, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Escape Cape, Fish Point, Haley Point, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Inner Point, Island Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Mountain Point, Near Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Range Point, Rapids Point, Rob Point, Schulze Head, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Suloia Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Yellow Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Ball Islets, Bare Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Bear Bay Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Cannon Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, Dove Island, East Francis Rock, Entrance Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Grasstop Rock, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Guide Island, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Highwater Island, Japonski Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Kirushkin Island, Krestof Island, Kutkan Island, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Love Island, Makhnati Island, Marshall Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Nadezhda Islands, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Parker Group, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Sasedni Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Turning Island, The Twins, Virublennoi Island, Volga Island, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Cold Storage Lake, Heart Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,

Mountains:

Annahootz Mountain, Cross Mountain, Harbor Peak, Krestof Mountain, Mount Rosenberg, Mount Verstovia,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park, Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Ellsworth Cut, Sergius Narrows, Western Anchorage,

Rapids:

Southern Rapids,

Ridges:

Gavan Hill,

Rivers:

Coxe River, Indian River, Katlian River,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Peterson Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Mount Verstovia Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Indian River Trail, Kruzof Island Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,