The Divide (South Orkney Islands)
The Divide (60°44′S 45°10′W / 60.733°S 45.167°W) is a narrow channel between Matthews Island and the southeast extremity of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted as an isthmus in 1912-13 by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle; recharted as an isthmus and named descriptively by DI in 1933. The feature was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1957 and found to be a channel.[1]
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- ^ "Antarctica Detail - The Divide". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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