Strait of Juan de Fuca-0' (Smith Island) (48.3262291, -122.8133977 )
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- Named in 1788 by the English Captain John Meares of the ship Felice for the Greek sailor who claimed to have gone on a voyage with Spanish Explorers in 1592 to seek the fabled Straits of Anian.
- Extends east from the Pacific Ocean between Vancouver Island, Canada, and the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, to Haro Strait, San Juan Channel, Rosario Strait, and Puget Sound; its Pacific Ocean boundary is formed by a line between Cape Flattery - Tatoosh Island, Washington, and Carmanah Point (Vancouver Island), British Columbia; its north boundary follows the shoreline of Vancouver Island to Gonzales Point, then follows a continuous line east to Seabird Point (Discovery Island), British Columbia; Cattle Point (San Juan Island), Washington; Iceberg Point (Lopez Island); Point Colville (Lopez Island); and then to Rosario Head (Fidalgo Island); the eastern boundary is a continuous line extending south from Rosario Head along Whidbey Island to Point Partridge and south to Point Wilson (Quimper Peninsula); the Washington mainland forms the southern boundary of the strait.
- Also called:
- Estrada de Juan de Fuca-Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington. State Historical Society, 1985. ISBN 0-917048-57-1.
- Seno de Santa Rosa-Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington. State Historical Society, 1985. ISBN 0-917048-57-1.
- Straits of Juan de Fuca
- Strait of Fuca
- Juan de Fuca Strait
- John de Fuca Strait
- Fucas Straits
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