Forsters Passage
Forsters Passage is a body of water between Bristol Island and Southern Thule in the South Sandwich Islands. In 1775, a British expedition under James Cook gave the name "Forster's Bay", after John R.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Forsters Passage
- Type: Strait
- Also known as: “Forster’s Bay”
- Categories: landform and body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-59.24677° or 59° 14′ 48″ southLongitude
-26.93645° or 26° 56′ 11″ westOpen location code
39GMQ337+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 1826741135OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
3426483Wikidata ID
Q2783100
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Forsters Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Forsters Passage”
- Chinese: “福斯特海峽”
- German: “Forsters Passage”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forsters Passage”
- Spanish: “Pasaje Forster”
- Swedish: “Forsters Passage”
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