Gull Channel
| Gull Channel | ||
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| Connects waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| with water | Marguerite Bay | |
| Separates land mass | Dynamite Island | |
| of land mass | Stonington Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 68 ° 11 ′ 14 ″ S , 66 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| Smallest width | 150 m | |
The Gull Channel (English for seagulls channel is) a strait before Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . The channel is about 150 meters wide and separates Dynamite Island from Stonington Island .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) made the first measurements and the naming. It is named after the different species of seagulls that can be found in the area of this canal.
Web links
- Gull Channel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gull Channel on geographic.org (English)