Description

Avatanak Strait is located between Avatanak and Akun Islands., in Krenitzin Islands., Aleutian Islands.

History

Named for the island and so called by Father Veniaminov (1840, v.1, p.17) and Capt Lutke (1836, p.306). It was called Pathfinder Channel by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1902 presumably for the ship.

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