Nelson Channel
Nelson Channel is a navigable channel between Candlemas and Vindication Island in Candlemas Islands group, in the South Sandwich Islands. First roughly charted by Captain James Cook, discoverer of these islands in 1775.
NASA, Public domain.- Strait
- …is also known as “Nelson Strait”
- Description: strait in the United Kingdom
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Medusa Pool
Pond
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Nelson Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-57.09808° or 57° 5′ 53″ south
Longitude
-26.75487° or 26° 45′ 18″ west
Open location code
39JMW62W+Q3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = strait
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nelson Channel” goes by many names.
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