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Hale Passage is the name of two different bodies of water in Puget Sound, in the U.S. state of Washington.

In the north Sound, in Whatcom County, Hale Passage separates Lummi Island from the mainland near Bellingham. 48°43′48″N 122°40′46″W / 48.73000°N 122.67944°W / 48.73000; -122.67944 (Hale Passage, Whatcom County)
In the south Sound in Pierce County, another Hale Passage separates Fox Island from the Kitsap Peninsula, near Gig Harbor. 47°16′36″N 122°39′05″W / 47.27667°N 122.65139°W / 47.27667; -122.65139 (Hale Passage, Pierce County)

In both cases, the passages were named by the Wilkes Expedition for ethnologist Horatio Hale.

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References

Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. pp. 20, 81. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.

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