Hale Passage

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. {{coord|48|43|48|N|122|40|46|W|format=dms|display=inline|type:waterbody_region:US-WA|name=Hale Passage, Whatcom County}}
• In the south Sound in Pierce County, another Hale Passage separates Fox Island from the Kitsap Peninsula, near Gig Harbor. {{coord|47|16|36|N|122|39|05|W|format=dms|display=inline|type:waterbody_region:US-WA|name=Hale Passage, Pierce County}}

In both cases, the passages were named by the Wilkes Expedition for ethnologist Horatio Hale.{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | pages = 20, 81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}

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