Lena passage
| Lena passage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | Davissee | |
| with water | Davissee | |
| Separates land mass | Haswell Islands | |
| of land mass | Queen Marie Land | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 66 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 92 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| Smallest width | 800 m | |
The Lena Passage ( Russian Проход Лена Prohod Lena ) is a 800 m wide strait between the Vetrov Hill on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie-country and the southwestern part of the Davis Sea offshore Haswell Islands .
Soviet scientists mapped it in 1956 and named it after their research vessel Lena .
Web links
- Lena Passage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lena Passage on geographic.org (English)