Lewthwaite Strait
Lewthwaite Strait is a passage 2.5 nautical miles wide, lying between Coronation Island and Powell Island in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1821, on the occasion of the joint cruise of Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe.Lewthwaite Strait
- Type: Channel
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lewthwaite Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lewthwaite”
- Chinese: “盧思韋特海峽”
- German: “Lewthwaite Strait”
- Latvian: “Ljūtveita šaurums”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lewthwaite Strait”
- Spanish: “Lewthwaite, estrecho”
- Swedish: “Lewthwaite Strait”
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