Etymology

Sir Francis Drake Channel

Sir Fran·cis Drake Chan·nel

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The story

The strait is named after English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake (around 1540 - 1596).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.