Smylie Channel

Coordinates: 51°59′04″S 61°03′48″W / 51.98444°S 61.06333°W / -51.98444; -61.06333
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Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands
Satellite image of Weddell Island

Smylie Channel is the 1.4 kilometres (0.76 nmi) wide and 16 kilometres (8.6 nmi) long sea passage in the Falkland Islands between Weddell Island to the north and West Falkland and Dyke Island to the south.[1] It is centred at 51°59′04″S 61°03′48″W / 51.98444°S 61.06333°W / -51.98444; -61.06333.

Maps

Gallery

  • Old map of Weddell Island featuring French Harbour
    Old map of Weddell Island featuring French Harbour
  • Map of Weddell Island
    Map of Weddell Island

Notes

  1. ^ Smylie Channel. Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database

References

  • B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp.
  • C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836
  • P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118

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