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.- Channel
- Description: Passage in Antarctica
- Also known as“Admiral Merino Channel”“Almirante Merino Passage”“canal Almirante Merino”“Canal del Plata”
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.666° or 64° 39′ 58″ south
Longitude
-62° or 62° west
Open location code
377W82M2+J2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Plata Passage” goes by many names.
Plata PassageCebuano
普拉塔海峽Chinese
מעבר פלאטהHebrew
Plata PassageNorwegian Nynorsk
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