Fridtjof-Sund

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Fridtjof-Sund
Connects waters Antarctic Sound
with water Erebus and Terror Golf
Separates land mass Andersson and Jonassen Islands
of land mass Tabarin Peninsula , Graham Land
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Geographical location 63 ° 34 '32 "  S , 56 ° 43' 46"  W Coordinates: 63 ° 34 '32 "  S , 56 ° 43' 46"  W
Fridtjof-Sund (Antarctic Peninsula)
Fridtjof-Sund

The Fridtjof Sund (originally Frithiofs Sund ) is a 3 km wide strait off the northeastern extension of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs over a length of 10 km in a north-south direction and separates the Tabarin Peninsula from the Andersson and Jonassen Islands .

Scientists from the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld discovered and mapped the sea route on January 15, 1902. Nordenskjöld named it after the three- master Fridtjof (or Frithiof ) who was involved in the search for the expedition, which was lost at the time .

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