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.
NASA, Public domain.- Strait
- …is also known as “Estrecho San Lesmes”
- Description: strait in the United Kingdom
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… Cook Island is situated 2½ km east of Douglas Strait.
Mount Harmer
Peak
Mount Harmer is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres… Mount Harmer is situated 3 km northeast of Douglas Strait.
Twitcher Rock
Islet
Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one… 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… 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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Latitude
-59.45° or 59° 27′ south
Longitude
-27.23333° or 27° 14′ west
Open location code
39GJGQX8+XM
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Satellite Map
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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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reef Point and Tilbrook Point.
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