Faure passage
| Faure passage | ||
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| Connects waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| with water | Marguerite Bay | |
| Separates land mass | Faure Islands | |
| of land mass | Kirkwood Islands | |
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| Geographical location | 68 ° 14 ′ 14 ″ S , 68 ° 54 ′ 57 ″ W | |
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The Faure Passage ( Spanish Pasaje Faure ) a strait in the group of Adelaide and Biscoe Islands off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the Faure and Kirkwood Islands in Marguerite Bay .
The name goes back to Argentine scientists who named it based on the name of the island group of the same name. It is named after the French politician Maurice-Louis Faure (1850-1919).
Web links
- Faure passage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Faure Passage on geographic.org (English)