Information About

Passage Island

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 22' 14.002" N,
151 ° 52' 55.999" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Seldovia

Passage Island in Detail.

About

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

History

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."