Eastern Channel

Eastern Channel is a body of deep water adjacent to the southern half of Sitka, . It is the best suited of three channels for large ships to approach the harbor in Sitka.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Channel
  • Description: body of deep water adjacent to Sitka, Alaska
  • Also known as: “Farvater Vostochnyy”
  • Historically known as: “South Entrance”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sitka National Historical Park and Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

Park
Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a national historical park in Sitka, Alaska. It was redesignated as a national historical park from its previous status as national monument on October 18, 1972. is situated 2 miles north of Eastern Channel.

Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the , at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in , . 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. is situated 2½ miles north of Eastern Channel.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 . is situated 2½ miles north of Eastern Channel.

Eastern Channel

Latitude
57.01722° or 57° 1′ 2″ north
Longitude
-135.32194° or 135° 19′ 19″ west
Open location code
94962M8H+V6
Geo­Names ID
5845969
Wiki­data ID
Q5330052
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Eastern Channel” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Eastern Channel (agianan sa Estados Unidos, Alaska)”
  • Cebuano: “Eastern Channel”

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