Bismarck, Estrecho

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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Place ID: 1374
Name ID: 105195

Feature type: Strait (9)

Origin

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:

Narrative

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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Location

Latitude:
64° 50' 00.0" S
-64.83333°
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Longitude:
64° 00' 00.0" W
-64.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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Related information

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