Caamaño Passage (french: passage Caamaño) is a strait on the

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, located between Dundas and Zayas Islands on the west side of

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near Prince Rupert. It was named for

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 ...

, commander of the Spanish exploration ship ''Aranzazu'' which had been on the coast in question in 1792. Captain Frederick C. Learmonth of who surveyed the Zayas Island officially named the strait Caamaño Passage.

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