English Explanatory Dictionary

Hecate Strait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A strait that runs between Haida Gwaii and mainland British Columbia.

Word forms

Hecate Strait

Etymology

Named by English explorer George Henry Richards after his surveying vessel, HMS Hecate, in 1861 or 1862.

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