Normanna Strait
Normanna Strait is a strait 1 nautical mile wide between Signy Island and Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered by Matthew Brisbane, who roughly charted the south coast of Coronation Island under the direction of James Weddell in 1823.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Strait
- Description: Strait in the Southern Ocean
- Also known as: “Estrecho Normanna” and “Normanna strait”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lynch Island and Robin Peak.
Lynch Island
Islet
Lynch Island is an island lying in the eastern part of Marshall Bay, close off the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.
Robin Peak
Peak
Robin Peak is a sharply defined rocky summit which is the northernmost peak on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1954 for Gordon de Quetteville Robin of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the leader at Signy Island base in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of the island.
Sombre Lake
Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from Stygian Cove in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Normanna Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.66792° or 60° 40′ 5″ southLongitude
-45.62081° or 45° 37′ 15″ westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
38FP89JH+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2150816745OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Normanna Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Normanna”
- Chinese: “諾曼納海峽”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نورمانا سترايت”
- German: “Normanna Strait”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Normanna Strait”
- Spanish: “Estrecho Normanna”
- Spanish: “Normanna, estrecho”
- Swedish: “Normanna Strait”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Point and Jensen Ridge.
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