Tongass Passage
Tongass Passage is a strait on the Canada–United States border between Alaska and British Columbia, located on the southwest side of Wales Island. Wales Island, and Pearse Island, to its northeast, were claimed by the United States prior to the settlement of the Alaska boundary dispute in 1903.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Tongass Passage
- Type: Channel
- Description: passage in Alaska, United States of America and British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: passage and body of water
- Location: Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tongass Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tongass Passage (agianan sa Canada)”
- Cebuano: “Tongass Passage (agianan sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Tongass Passage”
- Dutch: “Tongass Passage”
- Swedish: “Tongass Passage”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Port Tongass Village and Ksadsks Indian Reserve 44.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tongass Passage and Island Point.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tongass Passage”. Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.