Wallis Passage
| Wallis Passage | ||
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| Connects waters | Drake Street | |
| with water | Bransfield Street | |
| Separates land mass | Aspland Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| of land mass | Gibbs Island (South Shetland Islands) | |
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| Geographical location | 61 ° 28 ′ 30 ″ S , 55 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Wallis Passage is a strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It runs north-south and separates Aspland Island in the west from Gibbs Island in the east.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. It is named after Derek A. Wallis of the Royal Navy , captain of the HMS Endurance in the Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group (JSEEIG, 1976–1977)
Web links
- Wallis Passage . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)