Behm Canal is a natural channel in the Alexander Archipelago, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.
About 108 miles (174 km) long, Behm Canal separates Revillagigedo Island from the mainland.
[1] The Behm Canal was charted and named by George Vancouver in 1793, in honor of Magnus von Behm, who was the governor of Kamchatka in 1779 when Captain James Cook's ships, with Vancouver among the crew, arrived at Petropavlovsk shortly after Cook was killed in Hawaii.
[3] New Eddystone Rock is a craggy, much-photographed basalt island in Behm Canal.
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