Washington Strait () is a passage 3 miles (4.8 km) wide between
Fredriksen Fredriksen is a Norwegian patronymic surname which may refer to:
People
* Aslaug Fredriksen (1918-2000), Norwegian politician
* Britt Fredriksen (born 1945), Norwegian Playmate
*Jan-Henrik Fredriksen (1956-2020), Norwegian politician
*John Fr ...
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic PeninsulaGeorge Powell, a British sealer in the
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
''Dove'', and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop ''James Monroe''. Supposedly, it was named for
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
, first President of the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...