Black Island Channel
| Black Island Channel | ||
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| Connects waters | Southern ocean | |
| with water | Southern ocean | |
| Separates land mass | Black Island | |
| of land mass | Skua Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 65 ° 15 '26 " S , 64 ° 16' 36" W | |
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| Smallest width | 61 m | |
The Black Island Channel is a narrow strait between Black Island and Skua Island in the group of Argentine islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill mapped the channel in 1935 and named it after the neighboring island.
Web links
- Black Island Channel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Black Island Channel on geographic.org (English)