Boyd Strait
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Boyd Strait is the 40-kilometre (25 mi) wide strait lying between Snow Island and Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and linking Drake Passage and the Bransfield Strait.
The strait was named in 1823 by a British expedition under James Weddell for Captain David Boyd, Royal Navy.
Location
[edit | edit source]Boyd Strait is located at Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. British mapping in 1823 and 1930-1931.
Maps
[edit | edit source]- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- South Shetland Islands : Map 3. Scale 1:200000. Cambridge: British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References
[edit | edit source]- Boyd Strait. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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