Plata passage
| Plata passage | ||
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| Connects waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| with water | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Separates land mass | Antarctic Peninsula | |
| of land mass | Enterprise Island , Nansen Island, and Brooklyn Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 64 ° 39 ′ 58 ″ S , 62 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Plata Passage ( French Chenal de la Plata ) is a strait off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates the mainland from Enterprise Island , Nansen Island and Brooklyn Island . The northeast entrance is flanked by Zapato Point and Hobbs Point , the southwest by Wyck Island and Garnerin Point .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, mapped it during the first voyage on this sea route on February 7, 1898. De Gerlache named it after the Río de la Plata in memory of the support Argentina for his research trip.
Web links
- Plata passage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Plata Passage on geographic.org (English)