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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Penola Strait (GBR) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 110566
Place ID: 11088
extending NNE-SSW from Cape Cloos to Cape Tuxen, Graham Coast, and separating this coast from Hovgaard Island, Petermann Island and Argentine Islands. Following the work of GAE, 1973-74, the existence of this strait was indicated by Friederichsen (1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The strait was traversed and roughly charted by BeAE, 12 February 1898; further charted by BGLE, 10 March 1936, and named after the expedition ship RY Penola (Lieut. R.E.D. Ryder, RN), a former Breton fishing schooner which in turn was named after Penola Station, South Australia, the home of J.R. Rymill, Leader of BGLE (the ship was lost in the Firth of Clyde in 1940, following a collision) ([with N entrance between Duseberg Buttress and Petermann Island] Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400; [incorrectly shown extending SW of Cape Tuxen] BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; [extending from Duseberg Buttress to Cape Tuxen] APC, 1955, p.17; [as now defined] APC, 1959a, p.10; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959). Estrecho Penola (Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.96; Pierrou, 1970, p.584; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.224). Estrecho de Penola (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The strait was recharted by FIDS-RN in 1958. Lemaire Channel (q.v.), in error (USHO, 1960, p.365, 4th view). |
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| Penola Strait (USA) | 65° 10' 00.0" S | 64° 07' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 130009
Place ID: 11088
Strait 11 mi long and averaging 2 mi wide, separating the Argentine Islands, Petermann Island and Hovgaard Island from the W coast of Graham Land. Traversed by the BelgAE under Gerlache on Feb. 12, 1898. Named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill, for the expedition ship Penola. |
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| Penola, estrecho (ARG) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Strait |
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| Penola, Estrecho (CHL) | 65° 15' 00.0" S | 64° 14' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 106080
Place ID: 11088
Este estrecho fue navegado por la Expedición Belga el 12 de febrero de 1898 al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache. Fue denominado por la Expedición Británica de 1934-1937 al mando de John Rymill quien le puso este nombre por el buque expedicionario "Penola". Estrecho de aproximadamente 7 millas de largo con un término medio de 2 millas. Separa las islas Argentine de la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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