Information About

Whidbey Passage

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 36' 50" N,
136 ° 11' 49.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Whidbey Passage in Detail.

About

along the W shore of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, E of Fingers Bay, 40 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1942 for Joseph Whidbey, Master of the Discovery, and one of Captain George Vancouver's principal assistants, who landed at the mouth of Glacier Bay in 1794.

Topo Maps

Mount Fairweather C-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather C-1 (1949), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Whidbey Passage

Archipelagos:

Marble Islands,

Bars:

Caroline Shoal, Sita Reef,

Bays:

Berg Bay, Fingers Bay, Glacier Bay, Johnson Cove, North Sandy Cove, Ripple Cove, Sandy Cove, Sebree Cove, Shag Cove, South Sandy Cove, Tidal Inlet, Tyndall Cove,

Capes:

Caroline Point, George Point, Muir Point, Rush Point, Saint James Point, Tlingit Point,

Channels:

Beardslee Entrance, Sitakaday Narrows, Whidbey Passage,

Glaciers:

Dirt Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical),

Islands:

Boulder Island, Drake Island, Flapjack Island, Francis Island, Garforth Island, Geikie Rock, Lars Island, Leland Islands, Lone Island, Netland Island, North Marble Island, Puffin Island, Sebree Island, South Marble Island, Strawberry Island, Sturgess Island, Willoughby Island,

Lakes:

Lake Seclusion,

Mountains:

Marble Mountain, Mount Skarn, Tlingit Peak, White Cap Mountain, Mount Wright,

Valleys:

Ice Valley,