Dixon Entrance
Dixon Entrance | ||
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The coast of Northwest America - Dixon Entrance is roughly in the middle | ||
Connects waters | Hecate Strait | |
with water | Clarence Strait , Pacific Ocean | |
Separates land mass | Haida Gwaii | |
of land mass | Prince of Wales Island | |
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Geographical location | 54 ° 22 ′ N , 132 ° 20 ′ W | |
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length | 80 km | |
The Dixon Entrance is a strait measuring 50 by 80 kilometers in the Pacific on the border between the United States of America ( Alaska ) and Canada ( British Columbia ).
Its northern limits are the islands of Dall Island and Prince of Wales Island and Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago (both USA). In the south, the strait is bounded by Haida Gwaii and the Hecate Strait (both Canada). The Inside Passage runs through it .
The course of the border through the strait is part of a territorial dispute between Canada and the United States of America. According to the USA, the border of the exclusive economic zone runs roughly in the middle of the strait, while Canada claims the entire strait for itself.
The Dixon Entrance is named after the navigator George Dixon who surveyed the area in 1787. It is called in the language of the Haida Seegaay people who live in this region .
Web links
- Dixon Entrance . In: BC Geographical Names (English)