COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

running N-S between Powell Island and Fredriksen Island to the W, and Laurie Island to the E, was charted and navigated by Palmer, 11 December 1821, on the same day that Powell passed through Lewthwaite Strait (q.v.); named presumably after George Washington (1732-99), first President of the United States, 1789-97 (Powell, 1822b, p.10; chart, 1822a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.22). Washington-Strasse (Bertuch, 1822, p.108). Détroit Washington (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Détroit de Washington, Canal de Washington, Canal Washington (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170; 1842, p.133, 315). Estrecho Washington (Jalour, [1907b], map following p.196; Pierrou, 1970, p.722). Estrecho de Washington (Jalour, [1907b], p.31). Washington Sundet (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The strait was recharted by DI in 1933. Stretto Washington (Zavatti, 1958, Tav.10). Proliv Vashington (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Passage 3 mi wide between Fredriksen and Powell Islands on the W and Laurie Island and several smaller islands on the E, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in December 1821 on the occasion of the joint cruise by Capt. George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe. Supposedly, it was named for George Washington, first President of the United States.