• Juan de Fuca (10 June 1536, Cefalonia – 23 July 1602, Cefalonia) was a Greek sailor who served Philip II of Spain. He is best known for his claim to have...
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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...
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    The Juan de Fuca plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) generated from the Juan de Fuca Ridge that is subducting beneath the northerly portion of...
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    The Juan de Fuca Ridge is a mid-ocean spreading center and divergent plate boundary located off the coast of the Pacific Northwest region of North America...
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    Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a former federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, which was represented in the House of Commons...
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  • Juan de Fuca-Malahat is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada created by the 2021 British Columbia electoral...
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  • Juan de Fuca was a Greek maritime explorer. Juan de Fuca may also refer to: Strait of Juan de Fuca, a strait separating Vancouver Island from the Olympic...
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    the Strait of Juan de Fuca, leading to a boundary dispute. In 1852, the Territory of Oregon created Island County, including the San Juan Islands. In 1853...
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    Langford-Juan de Fuca (name from 2017 to 2024) or Juan de Fuca (name from 2009 to 2017) is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative...
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    Cape Flattery (redirect from Fuca Pillar)
    Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean. It is also part of the Makah Reservation, and...
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    50000 Juan de Fuca Channel is a submarine channel off the shore of Washington state, United States and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Juan de Fuca Channel...
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    The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail is a rugged 47 kilometres (29 mi) wilderness hiking trail located within Juan de Fuca Provincial Park along the southwestern...
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    southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the Pacific Ocean." However, two straits could be called the middle...
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  • Fuca may refer to: Juan de Fuca (1536 - 1602), a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the Spanish king Philip II Fuca (clan), a Manchu clan FUCA, the...
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    the sound has one major and two minor connections to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which in turn connects to the open Pacific Ocean. The major connection...
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    member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 2005, representing Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors until 2023. Horgan served as leader of the BC New...
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    epicenter. It is a very long, sloping subduction zone where the Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda plates move to the east and slide below the much larger mostly...
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    thirteen municipalities of Greater Victoria and three unincorporated areas: Juan de Fuca Electoral Area on Vancouver Island, Salt Spring Island Electoral Area...
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    The Juan de Fuca Plate is an annual trophy awarded by supporters to the best semi-professional team in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The trophy...
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    Strait of Georgia (category Landforms of San Juan County, Washington)
    width from 20 to 58 kilometres (12 to 36 mi). Along with the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound, it is a constituent part of the Salish Sea. Archipelagos...
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    The Juan de Fuca Cable Project is a proposed 550 MW, 150 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine power cable connection running 19 miles (31 km)...
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    15, 1994) is a Canadian politician who was elected MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca in a by-election in 2023. He succeeded former NDP premier John Horgan...
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  • Burnaby FC Top goalscorers (does not include playoffs) Source: L1BC The Juan de Fuca Plate is awarded to the League1 British Columbia club with the highest...
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  • A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Langford-Juan de Fuca in British Columbia on June 24, 2023, to elect a new member of the Legislative...
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    the United States, extending from the Gorda Ridge in the south to the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the north. The Blanco transform fault zone is an approximately...
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  • entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. He did not explore it, but gave it its present name honouring Juan de Fuca. Juan de Fuca claimed to have discovered...
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    Hazards Program) as simply the southernmost portion of the neighboring Juan de Fuca plate, another Farallon remnant. Unlike most tectonic plates, the Gorda...
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    is partially subducted under the North American plate. Along with the Juan de Fuca plate and Gorda plate, the Explorer plate is a remnant of the ancient...
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  • Gonzalo López de Haro. Dispatched by Francisco de Eliza from the Spanish post at Nootka Sound, with orders to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the ship...
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    Juan de Fuca Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The park was established on...
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