Chichagof Pass is a strait separating Woronkofski

Woronkofski Island

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 and Etolin Island

Etolin Island

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s. The strait is shown in a 1844 Russian chart, but the name was first published in 1853 on a Russia

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n Hydrographic Department chart as "Proliv Chichagova" (English

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: Chichagov Strait). Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, USN

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, published the present name in the 1891 Coast Pilot; the original name was probably given for the ship Chichagov.