Macfie sound
| Macfie sound | ||
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| Connects waters | Cooperation lake | |
| with water | Cooperation lake | |
| Separates land mass | Islay | |
| of land mass | Bertha Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 67 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 59 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Smallest width | 1.5 km | |
The Macfie Sound is a strait in the William Scoresby Archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Lands . It runs in an east-west direction between the islands of Islay and Bertha Island . At its narrowest point, it is 1.5 km wide.
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations discovered them in 1936 and named them after Lieutenant Archibald Frederick Macfie (1905 - unknown) of the Reserve Forces of the Royal Navy , who was involved in the creation of the maps for this research series.
Web links
- Macfie Sound in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Macfie Sound on geographic.org (English)