White Strait
Black Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago. It is 12 nautical miles long and projects through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of 1,040 metres. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, which named it for its appearance.- Strait
- …lies at an elevation of 64 metres (210 feet)
- …is named after Mr M White
- Description: Strait in the Ross Archipelago
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scallop Hill.
Scallop Hill
Peak
Black Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago.
White Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.21667° or 78° 13′ south
Longitude
166.8° or 166° 48′ east
Open location code
2VH8QRM2+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“White Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “White Strait”
- Chinese: “懷特海峽”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وايت سترايت”
- German: “White Strait”
- Japanese: “ホワイト海峡”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “White Strait”
- Swedish: “White Strait”
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