Moraine Strait
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vella Flat.
Vella Flat
Locality
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.
Moraine Strait
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.2° or 78° 12′ southLongitude
165.8° or 165° 48′ eastOpen location code
2VH7QRX2+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 10983482586OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
6628904Wikidata ID
Q2815359
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Moraine Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moraine Strait”
- Chinese: “莫雷恩海峽”
- German: “Moraine Strait”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moraine Strait”
- Swedish: “Moraine Strait”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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