Crystal sound

Crystal sound
Connects waters	Grandidier Canal and Pendleton Street
with water	Hanusse Bay and Lallemand Fjord
Separates land mass	Biscoe Islands
of land mass	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Data
Geographical location	66 ° 27 ′ 58 ″  S , 66 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 66 ° 27 ′ 58 ″  S , 66 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  W

The Crystal Sound ( English for Kristallsund ) is a strait ( sound ) between the southern section of the Biscoe Islands and the west coast of Graham Land . The northern border of the bay runs between Cape Evensen and Cape Leblond , in the south it is bounded by Holdfast Point , Roux Island , Liard Island and the Sillard Islands .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the sound in 1960 based on the numerous geographic objects in the immediate vicinity, which are named after scientists who dealt with the structure of ice crystals.

Web links

• Crystal Sound in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Crystal Sound on geographic.org (English)

Marguerite Bay Laubeuf Fjord The gullet Gunnel Channel Tickle Channel Hanusse Bay Buchanan Passage Isacke passage Crystal sound Grandidier Canal Penola Strait Lemaire Channel Butler passage Bismarck Street Gerlache Street Orléans Street Bransfield Street Antarctic Sound Prince Gustav Canal

Straits along the coast of Graham Land