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Passage Island

Passage Island

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Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
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at entrance to Port Graham, on SW end of Kenai Peninsula, 8 mi. SW of Seldovia, Chugach Mts.

History of Passage Island

So named by Captain Protlock (1789, p. 106) in 1786, because the island was at the entrance to what was erroneously thought to be a "strait (Port Graham) leading out to sea."