Orión Passage
| Orión Passage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | English Strait | |
| with water | Drake Street | |
| Separates land mass | Greenwich Island | |
| of land mass | Dee Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 62 ° 26 '17 " S , 59 ° 47' 58" W | |
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The Orión Passage ( Spanish Paso Orión ) is a strait with an east-west orientation in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It connects the English Strait in the east with the Drake Strait in the west between Greenwich Island in the south and Dee Island in the north .
Scientists on an Ecuadorian expedition named her in 1990 after their research vessel Orión .
Web links
- Orión Passage in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)