Plata Passage
Plata Passage or Admiral Merino Channel is a passage in Wilhelmina Bay, separating Brooklyn Island from the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and named after the estuary between Argentina and Uruguay in recognition of the services rendered to the expedition by the people of Argentina.- Type: Channel
- Description: Passage in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Admiral Merino Channel”, “Almirante Merino Passage”, “canal Almirante Merino”, “Canal del Plata”, and “Plata, Passage”
Plata Passage
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Plata Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plata Passage”
- Chinese: “普拉塔海峽”
- French: “Chenal de la Plata”
- German: “Chenal de la Plata”
- German: “Plata Passage”
- German: “Plata-Passage”
- Hebrew: “מעבר פלאטה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plata Passage”
- Spanish: “Almirante Merino, Canal”
- Spanish: “canal Almirante Merino”
- Spanish: “Canal Almirante Merino”
- Spanish: “Canal del Plata”
- Spanish: “Plata, canal del”
- Swedish: “Plata Passage”
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