Antarctica

Lemaire Channel

Lemaire Channel is a strait off , between in the mainland's and . Nicknamed "Kodak Gap" by some, it is one of the top tourist destinations in Antarctica; steep cliffs hem in the iceberg-filled passage, which is 11 km long and just 600 metres wide at its narrowest point.
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Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait
  • Also known as: “Canal Le Maire”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glandaz Point and Cloos, Mount.

Peak
is a point forming the south side of the entrance to in , on the west coast of , Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and was named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for A.

Peak
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Cloos is a dome-shaped mountain probably over 915 metres high, standing at the north side of and 2.3 miles northeast of , on the northwest coast of in .

Lemaire Channel

Latitude
-65.08476° or 65° 5′ 5″ south
Longitude
-63.96452° or 63° 57′ 52″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
376RW28P+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 831220264
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
6636839
Wiki­data ID
Q837233
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Satellite Map

Discover Lemaire Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Lemaire Channel” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Lemeir boğazı”
  • Cebuano: “Le Maire”
  • Chinese: “勒梅爾海峽 (南極洲)”
  • Chinese: “勒梅爾海峽”
  • Dutch: “Lemaire Channel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليماير تشانيل”
  • Esperanto: “Lemaire Markolo”
  • Esperanto: “Lemaire-markolo”
  • French: “Chenal Lemaire”
  • German: “Lemaire-Kanal”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת למייר”
  • Japanese: “ルーメア海峡”
  • Japanese: “ルメール海峡”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lemaire Channel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lemaire Channel”
  • Norwegian: “Lemaire Channel”
  • Polish: “Lemaire Channel”
  • Russian: “Лемер”
  • Russian: “Пролив Лемэра”
  • Spanish: “Canal Le Maire”
  • Spanish: “Canal Lemaire”
  • Spanish: “Le Maire, canal”
  • Spanish: “Lemaire, Canal”
  • Swedish: “Lemaire Channel”
  • Ukrainian: “Канал Лемера”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Vernadsky and Palmer.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Argentine Island and Louise Peak.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lemaire Channel”. Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.