Peltier channel
| Peltier channel | ||
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| Connects waters | Neumayer Canal | |
| with water | Bismarck Street | |
| Separates land mass | Doumer Island | |
| of land mass | Wiencke Island | |
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| Geographical location | 64 ° 51 '15 " S , 63 ° 29' 43" W | |
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| length | 10 km | |
The Peltier Channel ( French Chenal Peltier ) is a 10 km long strait with northeast-southwest orientation west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Palmer Archipelago , it separates the Doumer Island from the Wiencke Island .
The channel was discovered during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . He named it after the French physicist Jean Peltier (1785–1845).
Web links
- Peltier Channel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Peltier Channel on geographic.org (English)