Katsui Strait
| Katsui Strait | ||
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| Connects waters | King George Bay | |
| with water | Sherratt Bay | |
| Separates land mass | King George Island | |
| of land mass | Penguin Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 62 ° 5 ′ 26 ″ S , 57 ° 56 ′ 19 ″ W | |
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The Katsui Strait is a strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It runs between the south coast of King George Island and the offshore island of Penguin Island , connecting Sherratt Bay in the northeast with King George Bay in the southwest.
Polish scientists named it in 1999 after the Japanese volcanologist Yoshio Katsui (* 1926) from the University of Hokkaidō , who, together with the Chilean Óscar González-Ferrán, created the first geological map of Penguin Island in 1970.
Web links
- Katsui Strait in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)