Cornice Channel

Cornice Channel
Connects waters	Southern ocean
with water	Southern ocean
Separates land mass	Galíndez Island , Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago
of land mass	Skua Island , Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago
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Geographical location	65 ° 15 ′ 10 ″ S , 64 ° 14 ′ 56 ″ W Coordinates: 65 ° 15 ′ 10 ″ S , 64 ° 14 ′ 56 ″ W

The Cornice Channel (English for Wechten Canal ) is a narrow strait off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . The channel separates the group of Argentine Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago the Galíndez Island of Skua Iceland .

Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , carried out an initial survey of this sea route between 1935 and 1936. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1954 after a striking cornice above the flanking cliffs on Galíndez Island.

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