Schollaert Channel

Schollaert Channel (64°30′S 62°50′W / 64.500°S 62.833°W / -64.500; -62.833Coordinates: 64°30′S 62°50′W / 64.500°S 62.833°W / -64.500; -62.833) is a channel between Anvers Island on the southwest and Brabant Island on the northeast, connecting Dallmann Bay and Gerlache Strait, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it for Frans Schollaert (1851–1917), Belgian statesman.

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