Clarence Strait, originally Duke of Clarence Strait,
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, Alexander Begg, Victoria, British Columbia, publ. R. Wolfenden, 1902] is a strait in southeastern
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Alaska
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, in the United States
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in the Alexander Archipelago
The Alexander Archipelago (russian: Архипелаг Александра) is a long archipelago (group of islands) in North America lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska. It contains about 1,100 islands, the tops of submerged coastal ...
. The strait separates Prince of Wales Island, on the west side, from Revillagigedo Island
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and Annette Island
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, on the east side. Clarence Strait is long, extending from Dixon Entrance
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to Sumner Strait Sumner Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is about long and wide, extending from the mouth of the Stikine River to Iphigenia Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, separating Mitkof Isl ...
.[ ]Moira Sound Moira Sound is a branching inlet on the east side of the southern end of Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Prince of Wales Island in U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated within the Tongass National Forest.
Geography
The entrance to this sound, on th ...
is on the west side of the strait.
Clarence Strait was named in 1793 by George Vancouver
Post-captain, Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his Vancouver Expedition, 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Un ...
in honor of Prince William, Duke of Clarence. Jacinto Caamaño
Jacinto Caamaño Moraleja (1759–September 8, 1829 Guayaquil) was the leader of the last great Spanish exploration of Alaska (then Russian America) and the Coast of British Columbia. He was a Knight of the Military Order of Calatrava.
Early life
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, who had explored the region a year before Vancouver, named the strait Entrada de Nuestra Senora del Carmen.
Swimming
The first person to swim across Clarence Strait was Michelle Macy, who accomplished the feat in 6 hours 46 minutes on 5 July 2010.
See also
*Alaska boundary dispute
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which then controlled Canada's foreign relations. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903. The dispute had exist ...
* Grindall Island
References
External links
Clarence Strait
The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
Straits of Alaska
Straits of the Pacific Ocean
Bodies of water of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
Straits of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska
Straits of Wrangell, Alaska
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