Passage Est
| Passage Est | ||
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| Connects waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| with water | Lake D'Urville | |
| Separates land mass | Buffon Islands ( Géologie Archipelago ) | |
| of land mass | Lamarck Island ( Géologie Archipelago ) | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 66 ° 39 '53 " S , 140 ° 1' 37" E | |
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The Passage Est ( French for East Passage ) is a strait in the center of the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It separates the Buffon Islands from the Lamarck Island east of Pétrel Island and serves as an access route to the Dumont-d'Urville station .
French scientists named it in 1978.
Web links
- Est, passage in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)