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Prince of Wales Passage

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 4' 5.999" N,
148 ° 6' 46.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Prince of Wales Passage in Detail.

About

Between Hoodoo and Bainbridge Islands, trends SW from Knight Island Passage to Port Bainbridge, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1787 by Samuel Hayward of Captain Portlock's vessel (portlock, 1789, p. 245).

Topo Maps

Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward A-3 (2000),
Places Near Prince of Wales Passage
Cities:

Horseshoe Bay, Phoenix, Port Benney,

Archipelagos:

Pleiades Islands,

Bars:

Iktua Rocks, Point of Rocks, Procession Rocks,

Basins:

Glory Hole,

Bays:

Aluklik Bay, Chenega Cove, Crab Bay, Deer Cove, Eleshansky Cove, Fox Farm Bay, Gaamaak Cove, Guguak Bay, Hogg Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Humpback Cove, Icy Bay, Iktua Bay, Italian Bay, Johnson Cove, Kake Cove, Koss Cove, Montgomery Bay, North Twin Bay, Otter Cove, Sawmill Bay, Shelter Bay, South Twin Bay, Squirrel Bay, Swanson Bay, Whale Bay, Wilson Bay,

Capes:

Point Pyke, Point Waters, Point Countess, Point Elrington, Amerk Point, Bainbridge Point, Chenega Point, Evans Point, Hogg Point, Lonetree Point, Panhat Point, Powder Point, Squire Point, Swanson Point,

Channels:

Bainbridge Passage, Elrington Passage, Knight Island Passage, Latouche Passage, Long Channel, Prince of Wales Passage,

Dams:

Aquaculture Dam, Crab Bay Dam Number 3,

Islands:

Bainbridge Island, Bettles Island, Chicken Island, Danger Island, Elrington Island, Evans Island, Flemming Island, Gage Island, Izmaylov Island, Latouche Island, Ship Island, Sister Rock, Squire Island, Verdant Island,

Lakes:

Lake Hayden, Fish Lake, Jaybird Lake, Lake Putnam, San Juan Lake,

Mine:

Beatson Mine,

Mountains:

Broon Buttes, Claw Peak, Dual Head, Latouche Peak,

Parks:

Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Wilson River,

Streams:

Frenchy Creek,

Cities:

Chenega, Chenega Bay, Latouche, Port Ashton, Port San Juan,