Villalón passage
Villalón passage | ||
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Connects waters | Drake Street | |
with water | English Strait | |
Separates land mass | Barrientos Island ( Aitcho Islands , South Shetland Islands ) | |
of land mass | Dee Island and Sierra Island (South Shetland Islands) | |
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Geographical location | 62 ° 24 ′ 48 ″ S , 59 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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The Villalón Passage ( Spanish Paso Villalón , English Villalon Passage ) is a narrow strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It runs between Barrientos Island in the north and Dee Island and Sierra Island in the south.
Chilean scientists named them in 1998 after Luis Pardo Villalón (1882-1935), captain of the steamship Yelcho , with which the 22 participants in the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton who were stranded on Elephant Island were rescued.
Web links
- Villalon Passage in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)