Information About

Entrance Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 17' 33" N,
135 ° 36' 11.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Entrance Island in Detail.

About

in Neva Strait, at mouth of Saint John Baptist Bay, 9 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Descriptive name given in 1884 by Commander Coghlan, U.S. Navy (USN), and published in 1885 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 727.

Places Near Entrance Island
Archipelagos:

Gavanski Islands, Magoun Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, E Francis Rock, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Crab Bay, Cuvacan Cove, Deep Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Fish Bay, Gilmer Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goleta Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Hidden Cove, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Shelikof Bay, Sinitsin Cove, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Whitestone Cove,

Capes:

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

Channels:

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

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Bear Bay Island, Beehive Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Chaichei Islands, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, East Francis Rock, Entrance Island, Gagarin Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Guide Island, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Highwater Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Krestof Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Little Gavanski Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Nadezhda Islands, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Siginaka Islands, Sinitsin Island, Sound Islands, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

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

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Granite Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek,

Routes:

Kruzof Island Trail,