Kaigani Strait

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Kaigani Strait (also, Kaigahnee, Kaigan, Kaijani) is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska, the southern part of the strait between Long Island and Dall Island. Native name, reported by Etolin, 1833, as Kalgan.[1]

Kaigani is the narrow passage extending from Dixon Entrance to Tlevak Strait and separating Long Island from Dall Island. Howkan Narrows is the narrowest part of the passage, with kelp-marked reefs, from American Bay to above Channel Island. The strait little used except by small craft. Kaigani Harbors are three indentations in the shore of Dall Island; they are all exposed southeastward. American Bay lies on the southwest side of Kaigani Strait, 7 miles (11 km) above Kaigani Point and about 1 mile (1.6 km) southward of Howkan.[2]

References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: United States Coast Pilot's United States Coast Pilot: Alaska. Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay (1917)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: U.S. Government's Bulletin (1906)
  1. ↑ U.S. Government 1906, p. 342.
  2. ↑ United States Coast Pilot 1917, pp. 99–100.

Bibliography

  • United States Coast Pilot (1917). United States Coast Pilot: Alaska. Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay (Public domain ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • U.S. Government (1906). Bulletin (Public domain ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Coordinates: 54°52′26″N 132°49′08″W / 54.874°N 132.819°W / 54.874; -132.819


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