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[[Image:Clarence Strait, Alaska, 1958.jpg|thumb|300px|Clarence Strait, seen from the [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey]] [[Survey vessel|survey ship]] [[USS Pathfinder (AGS-1)|USC&GS ''Pathfinder'']] in 1958 | [[Image:Clarence Strait, Alaska, 1958.jpg|thumb|300px|Clarence Strait, seen from the [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey]] [[Survey vessel|survey ship]] [[USS Pathfinder (AGS-1)|USC&GS ''Pathfinder'']] in 1958]] | ||
'''Clarence Strait''', originally '''Duke of Clarence Strait''',<ref>[http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=321464 ''Statement of facts regarding the Alaska boundary question'', p.1395] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527181526/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=321464 |date=2011-05-27 }}, [[Alexander Begg (1825–1905)|Alexander Begg]], Victoria, British Columbia, publ. R. Wolfenden, 1902]</ref> is a [[strait]] in [[Southeast Alaska|southeastern]] [[Alaska]], in the [[United States]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]]. The strait separates [[Prince of Wales Island, Alaska|Prince of Wales Island]], on the west side, from [[Revillagigedo Island]] and [[Annette Island]], on the east side. Clarence Strait is {{convert|126|mi|km}} long, extending from [[Dixon Entrance]] to [[Sumner Strait]].<ref name=gnis/> [[Moira Sound]] is on the west side of the strait. | '''Clarence Strait''', originally '''Duke of Clarence Strait''',<ref>[http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=321464 ''Statement of facts regarding the Alaska boundary question'', p.1395] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527181526/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=321464 |date=2011-05-27 }}, [[Alexander Begg (1825–1905)|Alexander Begg]], Victoria, British Columbia, publ. R. Wolfenden, 1902]</ref> is a [[strait]] in [[Southeast Alaska|southeastern]] [[Alaska]], in the [[United States]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]]. The strait separates [[Prince of Wales Island, Alaska|Prince of Wales Island]], on the west side, from [[Revillagigedo Island]] and [[Annette Island]], on the east side. Clarence Strait is {{convert|126|mi|km}} long, extending from [[Dixon Entrance]] to [[Sumner Strait]].<ref name=gnis/> [[Moira Sound]] is on the west side of the strait. | ||
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Clarence Strait, originally Duke of Clarence Strait,[1] is a strait in southeastern Alaska, in the United States in the Alexander Archipelago. The strait separates Prince of Wales Island, on the west side, from Revillagigedo Island and Annette Island, on the east side. Clarence Strait is Script error: No such module "convert". long, extending from Dixon Entrance to Sumner Strait.[2] Moira Sound is on the west side of the strait.
Clarence Strait was named in 1793 by George Vancouver in honor of Prince William, Duke of Clarence. Jacinto Caamaño, who had explored the region a year before Vancouver, named the strait Entrada de Nuestra Senora del Carmen.[2]
The Guard Island Light and Lincoln Rocks Light, both located adjacent to Clarence Strait, were important aids-to-navigation in the Clarence Strait area in the pre-automated era.
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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- ↑ Statement of facts regarding the Alaska boundary question, p.1395 Template:Webarchive, Alexander Begg, Victoria, British Columbia, publ. R. Wolfenden, 1902]
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External links
- Clarence Strait, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
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