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[[File:Eagle Passage map.svg|thumb|250px|Map of the Eagle Passage]]
'''Eagle Passage''' is a strait in the south of the [[Falkland Islands]], between [[Lafonia]] in the southwest of [[East Falkland]], and the smaller islands of [[Speedwell Island|Speedwell]], [[Barren Island|Barren]] and [[George Island]]. George Island and [[Speedwell Island]] form the stretch of land to the south of the passage while East Falkland forms the northern stretch.

The passage takes its name from the same root as "Eagle Island", the former name of [[Speedwell Island]]. 

The Eagle Passage is hazardous to navigate as ships may founder on the reefs and the kelp lying off of the surrounding islands. <ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yjEBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA330 | title=The South American Pilot | publisher=Hydrographic Office, Admiralty | author=Penn, James | authorlink= | year=1885 | location=London | pages=330 | volume=Part I. | edition=3rd}}</ref>

The passage is parallel to [[Choiseul Sound]] further north and is connected to the southern end of [[Falkland Sound]] at its western end and to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] at its east.

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[[Category:Straits of the Falkland Islands]]