Hale Passage
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Hale Passage is the name of two different bodies of water in Puget Sound, in the U.S. state of Washington.
- In the north Sound, in Whatcom County, Hale Passage separates Lummi Island from the mainland near Bellingham. 48°43′48″N 122°40′46″W / 48.73000°N 122.67944°W
- In the south Sound in Pierce County, another Hale Passage separates Fox Island from the Kitsap Peninsula, near Gig Harbor. 47°16′36″N 122°39′05″W / 47.27667°N 122.65139°W
In both cases, the passages were named by the Wilkes Expedition for ethnologist Horatio Hale.[1]
References
- ↑ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. pp. 20, 81. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
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