McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait is a strait lying between Greenwich Island and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It is 24 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Channel
- Description: strait in the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Mac Farlane”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kerseblept Nunatak.
Kerseblept Nunatak
Peak
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Kerseblept Nunatak is a rocky hill of elevation 90 m projecting from Yakoruda Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The hill is named after the Thracian king Cersobleptes, 359-341 BC. Kerseblept Nunatak is situated 2½ km northeast of McFarlane Strait.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 7 km northwest of McFarlane Strait.
McFarlane Strait
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover McFarlane Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“McFarlane Strait” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mac Farlane”
- Chinese: “麥克法蘭海峽”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مكفارلان سترايت”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de McFarlane”
- French: “détroit de MacFarlane”
- French: “détroit de McFarlane”
- French: “Détroit McFarlane”
- German: “McFarlane Strait”
- Hebrew: “מצר מקפארליין”
- Hebrew: “מצר מקפרליין”
- Hebrew: “מצר מקפרלן”
- Latvian: “Makfārleina šaurums”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McFarlane Strait”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McFarlane Strait”
- Norwegian: “McFarlane Strait”
- Polish: “McFarlane Strait”
- Portuguese: “Estreito McFarlane”
- Spanish: “Estrecho McFarlane”
- Spanish: “Mac Farlane, estrecho”
- Spanish: “Mc Farlane, Estrecho”
- Swedish: “Mac Farlane”
- Swedish: “McFarlane Strait”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inott Point and Kubrat Knoll.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Livingston Island, Villa Las Estrellas, South Pole, and Antarctic Peninsula.
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