Matha Strait
Matha Strait is a strait lying between Adelaide Island and the south end of the Biscoe Islands. The strait takes its name from "Matha Bay", the name originally applied by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, to the water feature as he conceived it.- Channel
- …is also known as “Matha, estrecho”
- Description: strait in Antarctica
Matha Strait
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.55° or 66° 33′ south
Longitude
-67.433° or 67° 25′ 59″ west
Open location code
375JFH28+2Q
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Matha Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Matha”
- Chinese: “馬塔海峽”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماثا سترايت”
- French: “détroit de Matha”
- French: “Détroit de Matha”
- German: “Matha-Straße”
- Hebrew: “מצר מאתה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Matha Strait”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Matha”
- Portuguese: “Estreito Matha”
- Spanish: “Estrecho Matha”
- Spanish: “Matha, Estrecho”
- Swedish: “Matha Strait”
- Swedish: “Matha”
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