Passage Islands
Passage Islands is an island in Sitka, Southeastern Alaska. Passage Islands is situated nearby to the locality Mount Edgecumbe, as well as near the area Baranov Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Japonski Island and Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel.
Japonski Island
Island
Japonski Island is a small island in the city of Sitka in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies across the Sitka Channel from Sitka's central business district.
Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel
Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966. Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel is situated 2 miles northeast of Passage Islands.
Castle Hill
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castle Hill also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska. Castle Hill is situated 2 miles northeast of Passage Islands.
Passage Islands
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Goloi Isles”, “Ostrov Goloy”, “Ostrov Prokhoda”, and “Prokhoda Islands”
- Category: landform
- Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
57.02833° or 57° 1′ 42″ northLongitude
-135.36675° or 135° 22′ 0″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
94962JHM+88GeoNames ID
5556267
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