Larsen Channel

Coordinates: 63°10′S 56°12′W / 63.167°S 56.200°W / -63.167; -56.200
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Larsen Channel is a strait 1 to 3 miles wide between D'Urville Island and Joinville Island, off the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula.[1] Larsen Channel was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld and named for Captain C. A. Larsen of the expedition ship Antarctic.

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  1. ^ "Geographic Names Information System Larsen Channel". edits.nationalmap.gov.

63°10′S 56°12′W / 63.167°S 56.200°W / -63.167; -56.200


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