Sound, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
The Sound (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Channel
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
running N-S between East Melchior Islands and West Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05; further charted by DI in 1927 and probably named at that time (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.19; BA chart 3213, 23.iii.1956); recharted by AAE in 1942, 1943 and 1948. La Baie (Rouch, 1944, map p.11). Paso Sur [=south passage] (Argentina. MM chart O, 1952). Canal Principál (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.276; Pierrou, 1970, p.604). El Seno [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1955).
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