Kitovyy Strait

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Kitovyy Strait
Connects waters Alasheev Bay
with water Alasheev Bay
Separates land mass Enderbyland , East Antarctica
of land mass McMahon Islands
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Geographical location 67 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  S , 45 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 67 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  S , 45 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
Kitovyy Strait (Antarctica)
Kitovyy Strait
Smallest width 800 m

The Kitovyy Strait is ( English ; Russian Пролив Китовый Proliw Kitowy , German 'whale road' ) is an 800 m wide strait on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It runs between the Thala Hills and the offshore McMahon Islands .

Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1957 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . They named participants on the latter research trip. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia transcribed this designation in 1972 in a transcribed partial translation into English.

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