Tasman Rip
| Tasman Rip | ||
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| Connects waters | Drake Street | |
| with water | Bransfield Street | |
| Separates land mass | O'Brien Island | |
| of land mass | Eadie Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 61 ° 29 ′ 24 ″ S , 55 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Tasman Rip is a strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates Eadie Island in the north from O'Brien Island in the south. A special feature is occurring here Rip current with numerous whirlpools .
Scientists from the UK Joint Services Expedition took them in January 1977 in sea kayaks from the Tasman company , which gave the strait its name.
Web links
- Tasman Rip in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tasman Rip on geographic.org (English)