Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Bismarck, Estrecho (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bismarck, Estrecho (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Strait (9)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue explorado en 1874 por la Expedición Alemana de 1873-1874, en la nave "Grönland", al mando del capitán de navío Eduard Dallmann, quien le dio el nombre por el apellido del estadista y primer Canciller del Imperio Germano, Príncipe Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, llamado el Canciller de Hierro. Estrecho que comunica la parte S del estrecho De Gerlache con el océano exterior. Está situado al S de la isla Anvers y de la isla Wiencke.
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