Paso Subercaseaux
| Paso Subercaseaux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | Gerlache Street | |
| with water | Lientur Canal | |
| Separates land mass | Lautaro Island | |
| of land mass | Bryde Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 64 ° 50 '16 " S , 63 ° 6' 26" W | |
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Paso Subercaseaux ( Spanish ) is a strait west of the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It connects the Gerlache Strait in the west with the Lientur Canal in the east between Lautaro Island in the north and San Eladio Point on Bryde Island in the south .
Chilean scientists named it after the writer Benjamin Subercaseaux (1902–1973), a participant in the 7th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1952–1953) on the research vessel Maipo .
Web links
- Subercaseaux, Paso in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)