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Drake Passage (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Drake Passage (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Passage
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory.
separating Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn) from the South Shetland Islands, was first traversed in 1615 by Willem Corneliszoon Schouten (1580-1625), Dutch navigator. Riesenberg (1941) recorded the earlier names Drake Sea, after Sir Francis Drake (?1540-96), the English admiral who navigated Estrecho de Magallanes (Magellan Strait) in 1578, on his voyage of 1577-80, and Mare Magellan, after Ferdinand Magellan (?1480-1521), the Portugese navigator who discovered the strait in 1520 on his voyage of 1519-22. Antarctic Strait (Arçtowski, 1899, map p.78). Détroit de Drake (Gerlache, 1902b, p.11). Stretto di Drake (Gerlache, 1902a, p.xi). Drakesund (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 1, p.39). Drake Sundet (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 2, end map). Estrecho de Drake (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 2, end map). Drake Strait (Mill, 1905b, end map; ICRD, 1920, map following p.4; BA, 1930, p.23). Drake-Sond (Nordenskjöld and others, 1907, p.15). Canal Antarctique (Ar towski, 1908, p.28). Mar de Drake (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.12). Drake-Strasse (Nordenskjöld, 1917, p.13). Drake's Strait (Ferguson, 1921, p.30). Drake Passage, defined as "bounded on the north by the latitude of Cape Horn, on the east by the meridian of 55°W long., and on the south by the South Shetland Islands" (BA, 1932, p.345; chart 3175, 1934; APC, 1955, p.9; DOS (Misc.) 135 Antarctica sheet, 1963). Drake S. (Hansen, atlas, 1936, chart 1). Passage Drake (France. SHM, 1937, end map). Drake Strasze (Germany. OK chart 1061, 1938). Pasaje Drake (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.243). Pasaje de Drake (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.322). Pasage de Drake (Alazraqui, 1947). Paso Drake (Chile. DNH chart H, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.105). Drake Sd. (Hansen, chart 5, 1947). Drake Stredet (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). Mar de Cochrane, after Adm. Sir Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, RN (1775-1860), first Commander-in-Chief, Chilean Navy, 1818-23 (Orrego Vicuña, 1948, p.197 and end map). Draken Salmi (Andersson, 1948, end map). Paso de Drake (Sgrosso, 1948, p.190). Estrecho Drake (Cañas Montalva, 1950, p.30). Proliv Dreyka (Grigor'yev and Lebedev, 1950, map p.12-13). Mar de Piedrabuena, after Cmdte L. Piedrabuena (Eta Island, q.v.) (Lucini, 1951, p.14-17). Drake (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.50). Mar de Hoces [=sea of passes] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.4). Pasaje de Hoces (Argentina. IGM atlas, 1953, lám. 68). Drake's Passage (FIG, 1954, p.45). Drakes Sund (Frödin, 1956, Front.). El Drake (Argentina. MM, 1957a, p.61). Drake Norte, Drake Sur, referring to N and S parts of passage (Argentina. MM, 1957a, p.88). Proliv Drake (Soviet Union. GUGK map 221, 1973). Drake Straat (Knapp, 1958, p.572). Ciesnina Drake'a (Birkenmajer, 1979b, map p.2). Estreito de Drake (Zero Hora, 23 January 1986, p.7)
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