Heron passage
| Heron passage | ||
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| Connects waters | South Atlantic | |
| with water | South Atlantic | |
| Separates land mass | Vaughan Island | |
| of land mass | Trinity Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 54 ° 0 ′ 21 ″ S , 38 ° 10 ′ 41 ″ W | |
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The Heron Passage is a strait in the Willis Islands group off the north-western tip of South Georgia . It runs between the islands of Vaughan Island and Trinity Island .
The existence of the passage, known since the 1930s, was confirmed in 1961 during survey work with the British research ship HMS Owen . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after the name of one of the HMS Owen's motorized dinghies used for surveying .
Web links
- Heron passage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heron Passage on geographic.org (English)