Errera Canal
| Errera Canal | ||
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| Connects waters | Gerlache Street | |
| with water | Gerlache Street | |
| Separates land mass | Graham land | |
| of land mass | Rongé Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 64 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | 10 km | |
The Errera Channel ( French Chenal Errera ) is a strait in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . The canal separates the Danco coast of Graham Land from Rongé Island .
He was discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . This named him after the Belgian botanist Léo Errera (1858-1905), member of the expedition commission.
Web links
- Errera Channel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Errera Channel on geographic.org (English)