Strait of Juan de Fuca

Also known as Juan de Fuca Strait, Seno de Santa Rosa

strait between Canada and the United States

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Location: British Columbia and Washington
Type: Strait
Part of: Salish Sea
Basin countries: Canada and United States
Max length: 96 mi (83 nmi; 154 km)
Max width: 12 to 25 mi (10 to 22 nmi; 19 to 40 km)
Average depth: 100 m (330 ft)

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The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long that is the Salish Sea's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait.

It was named in 1787 by the maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley, captain of Imperial Eagle, for Juan de Fuca, the Greek navigator who sailed in a Spanish expedition in 1592 to seek the fabled Strait of Anián. Barkley was the first recorded person to find the strait, unless Juan de Fuca's story was true.