Whether 'passage
| Whether 'passage | ||
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| Connects waters | Davissee | |
| with water | Davissee | |
| Separates land mass | Khmara Island ( Haswell Islands ) | |
| of land mass | Mabus Point ( Queen Marie Land ) | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 66 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 93 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Ob 'Passage ( English , Russian Проход Обь Prochod Ob , German ' Ob-Durchgang ' ) is a 600 m wide strait on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It runs between Khmara Island and Mabus Point .
The discovery goes back to participants in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Soviet scientists mapped and named it in 1956. It is named after the research ship Ob . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1961.
Web links
- Ob 'passage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Whether 'Passage (English) on geographic.org