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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington Strait</span></h1>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Verbindet Gewässer</td>
<td><a href="Scotiasee" title="Scotiasee">Scotiasee</a>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">mit Gewässer</td>
<td><a href="Weddell-Meer" class="mw-redirect" title="Weddell-Meer">Weddell-Meer</a>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Trennt Landmasse</td>
<td><a href="Fredriksen-Insel" title="Fredriksen-Insel">Fredriksen-Insel</a> und <a href="Powell_Island" title="Powell Island">Powell Island</a> (<a href="S%C3%BCdliche_Orkneyinseln" title="Südliche Orkneyinseln">Südliche Orkneyinseln</a>)
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">von Landmasse</td>
<td><a href="Laurie_Island" title="Laurie Island">Laurie Island</a> und mehrere kleinere Inseln (<a href="S%C3%BCdliche_Orkneyinseln" title="Südliche Orkneyinseln">Südliche Orkneyinseln</a>)
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<td colspan="2" style="background-color:#CEDAF2; text-align:center;"><b>Daten</b>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Geographische Lage</a>
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<td><span id="Washington_Strait" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:-60.7,-44.916"><span title="Breitengrad">60° 42′ 0″ <abbr title="Süd">S</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">44° 54′ 58″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">-60.7</span><span class="longitude">-44.916</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td>Geringste Breite
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<td>5 km
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<p>Die <b>Washington Strait</b> ist eine 5 km breite <a href="Meerenge" title="Meerenge">Meerenge</a> im Archipel der <a href="S%C3%BCdliche_Orkneyinseln" title="Südliche Orkneyinseln">Südlichen Orkneyinseln</a>. Sie trennt die <a href="Fredriksen-Insel" title="Fredriksen-Insel">Fredriksen-Insel</a> und <a href="Powell_Island" title="Powell Island">Powell Island</a> im Westen von <a href="Laurie_Island" title="Laurie Island">Laurie Island</a> und mehreren kleineren Inseln im Osten.
</p><p>Der US-amerikanische Robbenfängerkapitän <a href="Nathaniel_Palmer" title="Nathaniel Palmer">Nathaniel Palmer</a> und sein britisches Pendant <a href="George_Powell_(Polarforscher)" title="George Powell (Polarforscher)">George Powell</a> entdeckten die Meerenge im Dezember 1821 während ihrer gemeinsamen Erkundungsfahrt zu den Südlichen Orkneyinseln. Laut <a href="Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names" title="Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names">Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names</a> und <a href="UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee" title="UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee">UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee</a> ist der wahrscheinliche Namensgeber <a href="George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> (1732–1799), erster <a href="Pr%C3%A4sident_der_Vereinigten_Staaten" title="Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten">Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten</a>.
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<ul><li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16290"><i>Washington Strait.</i></a> In: <i><a href="Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">Geographic Names Information System</a>.</i> <a href="United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a>, <a href="United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a>, archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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