Coordinates: 62°32′S 59°55′W / 62.533°S 59.917°W / -62.533; -59.917

McFarlane Strait

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File:McFarlane-Strait-location-map.png
Location of McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands
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McFarlane Strait from Huron Glacier, Livingston Island with Half Moon Island and Greenwich Island in the background
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Fragment of George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands featuring McFarlane Strait
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Topographic map of McFarlane Strait

McFarlane Strait is a strait lying between Greenwich Island and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It is 24 kilometres (13 nmi) long and 3 kilometres (1.6 nmi) wide. The name appears on an 1822 chart by Captain George Powell, a British sealer, and is now well established in international usage.[1]

Location

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The strait is centred at (Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).), and entered between Williams Point and Duff Point to the northwest and between Renier Point and Ephraim Bluff to the southeast[2] (British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Chilean mapping in 1971, Argentine mapping in 1980, Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ McFarlane Strait. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer


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