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, Alexander Begg, Victoria, British Columbia, publ. R. Wolfenden, 1902] is a

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

, in the

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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 m ...

. The strait separates Prince of Wales Island, on the west side, from

Revillagigedo Island Revillagigedo Island ( es, Isla Revillagigedo, , , locally Revilla, ) is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. Running about 89 km (50 mi) north-s ...

and

Annette Island Annette Island or ''Taak'w Aan'' (Tlingit) is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at . It is about long and about wide. The land area ...

, on the east side. Clarence Strait is long, extending from

Dixon Entrance The Dixon Entrance (french: Entrée Dixon) is a strait about long and wide in the Pacific Ocean at the Canada–United States border, between the U.S. state of Alaska and the province of British Columbia in Canada. The Dixon Entrance is part of t ...

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 in U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated within the Tongass National Forest. Geography The entrance to this sound, on the west side of Clarence Strait, ...

is on the west side of the strait. Clarence Strait was named in 1793 by

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in honor of

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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 ...

, who had explored the region a year before Vancouver, named the strait Entrada de Nuestra Senora del Carmen. The

Guard Island Light The Guard Island Light is a lighthouse on a small island near the entrance to the Tongass Narrows, in Clarence Strait in southeastern Alaska. The western entrance to the Behm Canal also lies nearby. History The lighthouse location was prioriti ...

and

Lincoln Rocks Light The Lincoln Rock Lighthouse was a lighthouse located on Lincoln Island, a small islet in Clarence Strait in southeastern Alaska, United States. It lay just off the west coast of Etolin Island, between it and Prince of Wales Island. History Th ...

, 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

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, who accomplished the feat in 6 hours 46 minutes on 5 July 2010.

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 {{WrangellAK-geo-stub

Swimming

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