Passage of the Martyr
| Passage of the Martyr | ||
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| Connects waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| with water | Lake D'Urville | |
| Separates land mass | Carrel Island ( Géologie Archipelago ) | |
| of land mass | Rostand Island ( Géologie Archipelago ) | |
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| Geographical location | 66 ° 40 ′ 10 ″ S , 140 ° 0 ′ 55 ″ E | |
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The Passage des Martyrs ( French for Passage of the Martyrs ) is a strait in the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It separates the Carrel Island from the Rostand Island .
Mario Marret (1920–2000), leader of a French Antarctic expedition (1952–1953), named it on the assumption that it was a valley as Vallée des Martyrs . It was named after young emperor penguins who were driven here and died as a result of a storm . The name was adapted in 1978 to the actual nature of the geographical object.
Web links
- Martyrs, passage des in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)