White Strait

White Strait
Connects waters	McMurdo Ice Shelf
with water	Ross Ice Shelf
Separates land mass	White Island
of land mass	Black Island
Data
Geographical location	78 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 78 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Map with the White Strait between Black Island and White Island (top right)

The White Strait is a strait off the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Ross Archipelago , it separates Black Island from White Island .

Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904) led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped it for the first time. Scientists from a 1958 to 1959 campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the mountaineer M. R. White, who was involved in this venture.

Web links

• White Strait in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• White Strait on geographic.org (English)
• White Strait , photos and information on the website of Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1696 (English).