Lientur Channel
Lientur Channel (64°50′S 63°0′W / 64.833°S 63.000°WCoordinates: 64°50′S 63°0′W / 64.833°S 63.000°W) is a channel between Lemaire Island and Bryde Island connecting Paradise Harbor with Gerlache Strait, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99. The channel was named by the fourth Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1949–50) after the Lientur, one of the ships used during this expedition.[1]
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- ^ "Lientur Channel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
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- Channels of the Southern Ocean
- Straits of Graham Land
- Danco Coast
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