Lemaire Channel
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Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK /
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/ Antarctica
/ Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK
/ Palmer - permanent station of the US
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strait / channel / passage / narrows, invisible
Channel about 7 mi long and averaging about 1 mi wide, extending in a NE-SW direction from Splitwind Island and False Cape Renard to Roullin Point and Cape Cloos, and separating Booth Island from the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74. Traversed in December 1898 by the BelgAE under Gerlache, and named by him for Charles Lemaire, Belgian explorer of the Congo.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemaire_Channel
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 65°4'20"S 63°54'56"W
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