The Dixon Entrance is a strait about 80 km (50 miles) long and wide in the Pacific Ocean at the International Boundary between Alaska and Canada.
It lies between the Clarence Strait in Alexander Archipelago in Alaska to the north, and the Hecate Strait into the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada, to the south.
The Dixon Entrance is part of the Inside Passage. Part of the maritime boundary between the two nations in Dixon Entrance is disputed by the United States and Canada.
The Dixon Entrance is named after Capt. George Dixon who surveyed the area in 1787.
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