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<p>2604:3D08:5776:7900:586F:5170:7AF9:ECD2: caps appropriate on Holy Cross *D*ay</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}<br /> [[File:USCGcapespencer.JPG|thumb|Aerial view of [[Cape Spencer Light (Alaska)|Cape Spencer Light]], on the north side Cross Sound]]<br /> '''Cross Sound''' is a passage in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in the [[Alaska Panhandle|southeastern region]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]], located between [[Chichagof Island]] to its south and the mainland to its north. It is {{convert|48|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and extends from the [[Gulf of Alaska]] to [[Icy Strait]].<br /> <br /> Cross Sound was named by [[James Cook]] in 1778 because he found it on May 3, designated on his calendar as [[Feast of the Cross|Holy Cross Day]].&lt;ref&gt;{{GNIS|1400859|Cross Sound}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The [[Cape Spencer Light (Alaska)|Cape Spencer Light]] marks the north side of the entrance to the sound from the Gulf of Alaska.<br /> {{Coord|58|10|40|N|136|30|36|W|scale:500000_type:waterbody_region:US-AK|display=title}}<br /> <br /> [[Dicks Arm]] is an inlet on northern Cross Sound.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Marcus|title=Geographic Dictionary of Alaska|url=https://archive.org/details/geographicdicti00bakegoog|year=1906|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/geographicdicti00bakegoog/page/n222 218]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sounds of Alaska]]<br /> [[Category:Bodies of water of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{HoonahAngoonAK-geo-stub}}</div>

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