Paso de Castilla
| Paso de Castilla | ||
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| Connects waters | Gerlache Street | |
| with water | Lientur Canal | |
| Separates land mass | Lemaire Island | |
| of land mass | Lautaro Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ 51 ″ S , 63 ° 3 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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Paso De Castilla ( Spanish , in Argentina Paso Cramer Norte ) is a strait off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located between Lemaire Island and Lautaro Island and connects the Gerlache Strait with the Lientur Canal .
Chilean scientists named it after the Spanish navigator Gabriel de Castilla (1577-1620). The namesake of the Argentine name is the French-born hydrographer and cattle breeder Ambrosio Crámer (1792–1839), who died in the rebellion against the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas .
Web links
- De Castilla, Paso in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)