Information About

Sonora Passage

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 35' 30.001" N,
133 ° 39' 14" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Klawock

Sonora Passage in Detail.

About

extends N from Arriaga Passage, between Saint Joseph I. and Maurelle Is., SE Iphigenia Bay, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1923 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "for the Spanish galleon Sonora, commanded by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra, who explored this vicinity in 1775."

Topo Maps

Craig C-5 (1951), Craig C-5 (1951), Craig C-5 (1951), Craig C-5 (1951), Craig C-5 (1951), Craig (1952), Craig (1952), Craig (1952), Craig (1952), Craig (1957), Craig (1957), Craig (1957), Craig C-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Sonora Passage
Archipelagos:

Dome Islets, Maurelle Islands,

Areas:

Twin Rocks,

Bars:

Beta Rock, Curacao Reef, Desconocida Reef, Moke Rock, Slide Reef,

Bays:

Port Asumcion, Port Mayoral, Aguirre Bay, Anguilla Bay, Cone Bay, Gulf of Esquibel, Kelly Cove, Lagoma Bay, Nagasay Cove, Roller Bay, Siketi Sound, Steamboat Bay, Ulitka Bay, Warm Chuck Inlet,

Capes:

Point Marabilla, Point Saint Isidor, Point Saint Thomas, Point San Francisco, Point San Leonardo, Point Santa Gertrudis, Point Santa Rosa, Point Santa Theresa, Point Aguirre, Point Animas, Point Capones, Point Caracol, Point Delgada, Point Desconocida, Point Garcia, Point Incarnation, Bay Point, Canal Point, Cape Addington, Cape Lynch, Cape Ulitka, Dead Tree Point, Outer Point, Punishment Point, Saint Nicholas Point, Siketi Point, Snail Point, Steamboat Point, Triste Point,

Channels:

Arriaga Passage, Bocas De Finas, Launch Passage, Paloma Pass, Port Real Marina, Saint Nicholas Channel, Sonora Passage,

Cliffs:

Derrumba Ridge, White Cliff,

Hills:

Isidor Hill,

Islands:

Abrejo Rocks, Alargate Rocks, Anguilla Island, Animas Island, Bushtop Island, Camp Island, Caracol Island, Cone Island, Coposo Island, Cristina Island, Culebra Islands, East San Lorenzo Island, Emerald Island, Epsilon Rock, Escurial Island, Esquibel Island, Favorita Island, Feather Rock, Flotilla Island, Garcia Island, Garita Rock, Gaviota Islets, Gaviota Rock, Gull Island, Hacha Island, Heceta Island, Hendida Island, Lambda Rock, Losa Island, Lulu Island, Marabilla Island, Muerta Island, Noyes Island, Pesquera Island, Pigeon Island, Pine Island, Princesa Island, Quitasueno Rock, Raso Rock, Saint Joseph Island, San Francisco Island, San Lorenzo Islands, Santa Rita Island, Shaft Rock, Sola Rock, Sonora Island, Timbered Island, Tonina Island, Toza Island, Trasera Island, Triste Island, Turtle Island, Twin Islands, Twocrack Island, West San Lorenzo Island, Wood Islands,

Lakes:

Butterball Lake, Chuck Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Cone Peak, Noyes Peak, Timber Knob,

Streams:

Chuck Creek,