The Dixon Entrance is part of the Inside Passage shipping route.
This line is also the northern boundary of the waters known as the Dixon Entrance.
The Dixon Entrance stands just north of the 54th parallel, and their next destination was slightly north of the 42nd.
The Dixon Entrance is in a remote part of the world, and in early March sea conditions can be very rough.
We had to go to Dixon Entrance in person to determine local conditions.
As we advanced farther into Dixon Entrance the tail wind would have traveled a longer distance over open water and created larger swells.
We couldn't risk continuing across Dixon Entrance in this weather.
Surely, I figured, we had cleared Dixon Entrance long ago.
I searched through the rest of the cabin and picked up a chart showing all of Dixon Entrance.
We would pass to the outside of Dall Island and enter Dixon Entrance from the ocean.