Stewart Strait
| Stewart Strait | ||
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| Connects waters | South Atlantic | |
| with water | South Atlantic | |
| Separates land mass | Willis Islands | |
| of land mass | Bird Island | |
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| Geographical location | 54 ° 0 ′ 45 ″ S , 38 ° 6 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| Smallest width | 3 km | |
The Stewart Strait is a 3-km wide Strait off the north-western tip of South Georgia . It lies between the Willis Islands and Bird Island .
The British explorer James Cook passed through and mapped this sea route in 1775. It was known as Willis Sound among whale and seal hunters . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations re-mapping and naming in 1930. It is named after Walter Stuart, a customs officer in South Georgia at the time.
Web links
- Stewart Strait in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stewart Strait on geographic.org (English)