Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Grandidier, Canal (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Grandidier, Canal (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Channel (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:
Cartografiado y denominado por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1903-1905 al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot; Alfred Grandidier, quien en esa época, era presidente de la Sociedad Geográfica de París. Masa de agua situada entre el N de las islas Biscoe y el W de las costas de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. El canal Grandidier está por lo general cubierto por gran cantidad de hielos flotantes que se desprenden del pack-ice continental.
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