Paso Vidaurrazaga
| Paso Vidaurrazaga | ||
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| Connects waters | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| with water | Eyrie Bay | |
| Separates land mass | Eagle Island ( Islas Águila , West Antarctica ) | |
| of land mass | Beak Island (Islas Águila, West Antarctica) | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 63 ° 37 ′ 9 ″ S , 57 ° 24 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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| Smallest width | 350 m | |
Paso Vidaurrazaga ( Spanish ; in Argentina Pasaje Lidia ) is a 350 m wide strait in the Islas Águila group in the Prince Gustav Canal southeast of the Trinity Peninsula in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs between Eagle Island and Beak Island from the northern end of the Prince Gustav Canal to the entrance to Eyrie Bay .
Chilean scientists named the strait after Alberto Vidaurrazaga, who was involved in the construction of the González Videla station on the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1950–1951) . The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Vidaurrazaga, Paso in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)