Douglas Strait
Douglas Strait is a strait 2 nautical miles wide between Thule Island and Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. The existence of this strait was first noted by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Estrecho San Lesmes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cook Island and Mount Harmer.
Cook Island
Island
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Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775. Cook Island is situated 2½ km east of Douglas Strait.
Mount Harmer
Peak
Mount Harmer is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres high, in the north-central portion of Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Sir Sidney F. Mount Harmer is situated 3 km northeast of Douglas Strait.
Twitcher Rock
Islet
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Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the Earth. Twitcher Rock is situated 3 km west of Douglas Strait.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.
Corbeta Uruguay base
Locality
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Corbeta Uruguay base was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on Thule Island, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's victory against Argentina in the Falklands War. Corbeta Uruguay base is situated 4½ km west of Douglas Strait.
Douglas Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
Discover Douglas Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Douglas Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Douglas Strait”
- Chinese: “道格拉斯海峽”
- Croatian: “Douglasov tjesnac”
- Dutch: “Douglas Strait”
- Esperanto: “Markolo Douglas”
- German: “Douglas Strait”
- Japanese: “ダグラス海峡”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Douglas Strait”
- Spanish: “Estrecho Douglas”
- Swedish: “Douglas Strait”
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Highlights include Reef Point and Tilbrook Point.
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