Sarana Pass

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Sarana Pass is a pass in the mountains of northeastern Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. [1]

Together with Sarana Valley, Sarana Pass leads from Sarana Bay on the east coast of the island northward to Chichagof Harbor on the island's northeast coast. [2]

Notes

  1. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 1054.
  2. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 1054.

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Coordinates: 52°54′15″N173°11′30″E / 52.90417°N 173.19167°E / 52.90417; 173.19167