🚤 Gerlache Strait

Antarctica · Antarctica · 64.50°S, 62.33°W

Gerlache Strait or de Gerlache Strait or Détroit de la Belgica is a channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, explored the strait in January and February 1898, naming it for the expedition ship Belgica. The name was later changed to honor the commander himself.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	64.50°S, 62.33°W · view on map

Gerlache Strait is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More straits in Antarctica

Admiralty Sound · Aguirre Passage · Antarctic Sound · Argentino Channel · Aripleri Passage · Barlas Channel · Bismarck Strait · Black Island Channel · Boyd Strait · Bransfield Strait.

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