Gastineau Channel - Juneau, Alaska
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nvtriker
N 58° 15.477 W 134° 20.331
8V E 538798 N 6457619
Channel between the mainland of the U.S. state of Alaska and Douglas Island in the Juneau area.
Waymark Code: WM6PYW
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2009
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From en.wikipedia.org:
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. It separates Juneau on the mainland side from Douglas (now part of Juneau), on Douglas Island. It was probably named for John Gastineau, an English Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
The channel is navigable by large ships only from the southeast as far as the bridge connecting Douglas Island with the mainland. Between the bridge and the airport in Mendenhall Valley, the channel becomes navigable only to smaller craft and only at high tide.
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