Description
Whale Passage is located extends NW from Kizhuyak Bay to Kupreanof Strait, between Whale and Kodiak Islands.
History
Name derived from Whale Island and given in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) Albatross. Called "Pr(oliv) Maloy Malinovoy, "meaning "Little Raspberry Strait," by Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. Baker (1906, p. 671) erroneously wrote, "Called "Sievernoi" (northern) by Murashef." a3 E point of entrance to Mutt Cove, S coast of Kiska I., Aleutian Island a4 515545N1773040E