Fyr Channel
Fyr Channel is a channel 0.2 nautical miles wide between the southwest end of Signy Island and Moe Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name "Fyr Strait" appears on a manuscript chart drawn by Captain Petter Sorlle in 1912, and corrected by Hans Borge in 1913, but the generic term channel is approved because of the small size of this feature.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gneiss Hills and Garnet Hill.
Gneiss Hills
Peak
The Gneiss Hills are two prominent hills, 270 and 260 metres high, at the west side of McLeod Glacier in the south part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.
Garnet Hill
Peak
Garnet Hill is a rocky hill, 230 metres high, rising above the east side of McLeod Glacier in the south part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
Confusion Island
Islet
Confusion Island is an island 0.2 nautical miles long at the west side of the entrance to Clowes Bay, off the south side of Signy Island. The southern point of the island was charted and named Confusion Point by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1933.
Fyr Channel
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fyr Channel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fyr Channel”
- Chinese: “菲爾海峽”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فير تشانيل”
- German: “Fyr Channel”
- Swedish: “Fyr Channel”
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Highlights include Porteous Rocks and Hydrurga Cove.
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