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)
Bremenkanal (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bremenkanal (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Channel (9)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The channel (ca 1 km in length) seperates Omega Island and the island Bremeninsel. Both islands belong to the group of Melchior Islands, Danco Coast, Palmer Archipelago, located on the W side of the Antarctic Peninsula. On older maps (Arg. 1957/UK Hydr. Office 1986/BAS 1974) Bremeninsel is represented as a part of Omega Island. The existence of a channel between the two islands was detected during a cruise of the MS 'Bremen' by a zodiac excursion on 2003-FEB-02.
Cruise ship M.S. 'Bremen'.
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