Peltier Channel

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Channel 6 mi long, in a NE-SW direction, separating Doumer and Wiencke Islands to the S of Port Lockroy, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Jean Peltier, noted French physicist.
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Coordinates:   64°51'38"S   63°31'0"W
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