Washington Strait
Washington Strait is a passage 3 miles wide between Fredriksen and Powell Islands on the west and Laurie Island and several smaller islands on the east, in the South Orkney Islands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Eillium Island.
Eillium Island
Islet
Eillium Island is a small island 2.2 km north-west… Eillium Island is situated 2½ km east of Washington Strait.
Washington Strait
- Channel
- Description: strait in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.7° or 60° 42′ south
Longitude
-44.916° or 44° 54′ 58″ west
Open location code
38FQ73XM+XJ
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Washington Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Vaşinqton boğazı”
- Cebuano: “Washington”
- Chinese: “華盛頓海峽”
- German: “Washington Strait”
- Latvian: “Vašingtona šaurums”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washington Strait”
- Spanish: “Washington, estrecho”
- Swedish: “Washington Strait”
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