English Explanatory Dictionary

Shelikof Strait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A strait in the United States, between the Alaska mainland to the west and Kodiak and Afognak islands to the east.

Word forms

Shelikof Strait Strait of Shelikof

Etymology

Named in honour of a Russian seafarer Grigory Shelikof, who established a permanent settlement in Alaska.

Related words

Shelikof Bay Shelikof Gulf
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