Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a channel between the mainland of the U.S. state of Alaska and Douglas Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Channel
- Description: channel between the mainland of the U.S. state of Alaska and Douglas Island
- Also known as: “Carroll Straight” and “Icy Channel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alaska State Capitol and Alaska State Museum.
Alaska State Capitol
Government office
The Alaska State Capitol is the building that hosts the Alaska Legislature and the offices of the Governor of Alaska and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska.
Alaska State Museum
Museum
Photo: jkbrooks85, CC BY 2.0.
The Alaska State Museum is a museum in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It was established in 1900 to collect both the human and natural history of Alaska. The museum was moved to a new building after a $139 million refurbishment, reopening in 2016.
Alaska State Library
Library
Photo: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alaska State Library and Historical Collections and Talking Book Center are located on the second floor of the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building in Juneau, Alaska.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Juneau and Douglas.
West Juneau
Suburb
West Juneau is a populated place in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is located on Douglas Island 1.8 miles northwest of Douglas. Despite its location on Douglas Island, the neighborhood was juridically a part of the City of Juneau, rather than the City of Douglas, prior to municipal unification in 1970.
Douglas
Suburb
Douglas is a community on Douglas Island in southeastern Alaska, directly across the Gastineau Channel from downtown Juneau.
Vanderbilt Hill
Neighborhood
Juneau, officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located along the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle. Vanderbilt Hill is situated 4½ miles northwest of Gastineau Channel.
Gastineau Channel
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Juneau, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Gastineau Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Gastineau Channel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة غاستينو”
- Azerbaijani: “Qastino boğazı”
- Cebuano: “Gastineau Channel”
- Chinese: “加斯蒂諾海峽”
- Dutch: “Gastineau Channel”
- French: “détroit de Gastineau”
- French: “Détroit de Gastineau”
- German: “Gastineau Channel”
- German: “Gastineau-Kanal”
- Hebrew: “תעלת גאסטינו”
- Indonesian: “Selat Gastineau”
- Russian: “Гастино”
- Spanish: “Canal Gastineau”
- Spanish: “Gastineau Channel”
- Swedish: “Gastineau-kanalen”
- “Gastineau Channel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gull City and Chicken Ridge Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Juneau Harbor and Gold Creek.
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