Penola Strait

Penola Strait
Connects waters	Lemaire Channel
with water	Grandidier Canal
Separates land mass	Kiev Peninsula ( Graham Land )
of land mass	Argentine Islands , Petermann Island and Krogmann Island
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Geographical location	65 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  S , 64 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 65 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  S , 64 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W

The Penola Strait is a 17.5 km long and 3 km wide strait off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates the mainland coast from the Argentine Islands , Petermann Island and Krogmann Island .

It was first traversed on February 12, 1898 by participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . The Australian polar explorer John Rymill named it after the Penola , one of the two research vessels on the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937).

Web links

Commons : Penola Strait  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Penola Strait in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Penola Strait on geographic.org (English)

Marguerite Bay Laubeuf Fjord The gullet Gunnel Channel Tickle Channel Hanusse Bay Buchanan Passage Isacke passage Crystal sound Grandidier Canal Penola Strait Lemaire Channel Butler passage Bismarck Street Gerlache Street Orléans Street Bransfield Street Antarctic Sound Prince Gustav Canal

Straits along the coast of Graham Land