Graham Passage

Location of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Graham Passage (64°24′S 61°31′W / 64.400°S 61.517°W / -64.400; -61.517Coordinates: 64°24′S 61°31′W / 64.400°S 61.517°W / -64.400; -61.517) is a passage separating Murray Island from Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It is fed by Agalina Glacier.

The passage was named by Captain Skidsmo after his whale catcher Graham, which was the first to pass through it, on March 20, 1922.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Graham Passage". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 290. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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