Gazdzicki Sound
| Gazdzicki Sound | ||
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| Connects waters | Destruction Bay | |
| with water | Destruction Bay | |
| Separates land mass | King George Island | |
| of land mass | Trowbridge Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 62 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Gazdzicki Sound ( English ; Polish Cieśnina Gaidzickiego ) is a strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Destruction Bay of King George Island , it runs between the west bank of the bay and the offshore island of Trowbridge Island .
Polish scientists named them in 1984 after the geologist Andrzej Gazdzicki, who was involved in Polish and Argentine expeditions to the Antarctic from 1978 to 1979.
Web links
- Gazdzicki Sound in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)