Neumayer Canal
Neumayer Canal | ||
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In the Neumayer Canal | ||
Connects waters | Gerlache Street | |
with water | Bismarck Street | |
Separates land mass | Anvers Island | |
of land mass | Wiencke Island , Doumer Island | |
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Geographical location | 64 ° 46 ′ S , 63 ° 22 ′ W | |
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length | 26 km | |
Smallest width | 2.4 km |
The Neumayer Channel ( French Chenal de Neumayer ) is a strait in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 26 km long and about 2.4 km wide in a northeast-southwest orientation. It separates the Anvers Island from the Wiencke Island and the Doumer Island .
The southwest entrance was discovered by Eduard Dallmann , the leader of the German expedition of 1873/74. He called it Roosenstrasse.
The Belgian Antarctic expedition from 1897 to 1899 under Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery sailed through the channel and named it after Georg von Neumayer . This second term has been in common use ever since.
The Neumayer Canal has majestic cliffs, an attraction for tourists on their cruise ships that come to this region. It is said to be like a maze with invisible exits because of its S-shaped course. The entrance and exit of the canal have sharp bends.
Web links
- Neumayer Channel in the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)