Caamaño Passage (French: passage Caamaño) is a strait on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located between Dundas and Zayas Islands on the west side of Chatham Sound near Prince Rupert.

It was named for Jacinto Caamaño, commander of the Spanish exploration ship Aranzazu which had been on the coast in question in 1792. Captain Frederick C. Learmonth of HMS Egeria[1] who surveyed the Zayas Island[2] officially named the strait Caamaño Passage.

See also

  • Caamaño Sound, another body of water in British Columbia that is named for Jacinto Caamaño

References

  1. ↑ Walbran, John T. (1909). British Columbia coast names, 1592-1906, to which are added a few names in adjacent United States territory ; their origin and history, with map and illustrations. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau. Pg. 181: [After] H.M. steam screw sloop Egeria, 940 tons, 4 guns, built at Pembroke, 1874. (...) when Commander Frederick C. Learmonth took charge.
  2. ↑ "Aristazabal Island". BC Geographical Names. Named in 1908 by Captain Learmouth, HMS Egeria, while making a survey of Zayas Island, after Lieutenant Commander Jacinto Caamaño, commander of the Spanish corvette Aranzazu, on this coast 1792.

54°35′00″N 131°00′00″W / 54.58333°N 131.00000°W / 54.58333; -131.00000

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