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.Tongass Passage
- Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
54.75059° or 54° 45′ 2″ north
Longitude
-130.63963° or 130° 38′ 23″ west
Open location code
946FQ926+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
GeoNames ID
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