Whalers Passage
| Whalers Passage | ||
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| Connects waters | South Atlantic | |
| with water | South Atlantic | |
| Separates land mass | Welcome Islands | |
| of land mass | Sky rock | |
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| Geographical location | 53 ° 58 ′ 47 " S , 37 ° 30 ′ 1" W | |
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The Whalers Passage narrow strait off the north coast of South Georgia . It is located between Sky Rock and the other Welcome Islands .
The name of the strait, which can be translated as whalers passage, appears for the first time on a nautical chart of the British Admiralty from 1931.
Web links
- Whalers passage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Whalers Passage on geographic.org (English)