Description
Frederick Sound is located extends E from Chatham Strait to Dry Strait, Alex. Arch. 70 miles long.
History
Named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), for His Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York, son of King George iii of England, "beacuse of the possession taken at Point Vandeput, August 16, 1794" (Wagner, 1937, p. 486). The Russian transliteration of this name, "Fridrikhe Zund." was published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1396.