French Passage () is a passage through the
Wilhelm Archipelago
The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.
Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends f ...
, extending in a northwest–southeast direction between
Petermann Island
Petermann Island is a small, low and rounded island, lying off the northwest coast of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, a short distance south of Booth Island and the Lemaire Channel. It is a popular tourist destination.
Descriptio ...
, the
Stray Islands, the
Vedel Islands and the
Myriad Islands to the north and the
Argentine Islands
The Argentine Islands are a group of islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica, situated southwest of Petermann Island, and northwest of Cape Tuxen on Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expeditio ...
, the
Anagram Islands, the
Roca Islands, and the
Cruls Islands to the south. It was so named by the
British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, because the passage was navigated for the first time in 1909 by the
Pourquoi-Pas?, the ship of the
French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fabl ...
under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean- ...
.
[ ]Bradley Rock
Bradley Rock is an isolated rock which lies about northwest of the entrance to French Passage in the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (1973) for Lieutenant Commander Edgar M. Bradley, Royal Navy
T ...
is an isolated rock which lies about 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of the entrance to French Passage.
References
Straits of the Wilhelm Archipelago
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