Nelson Channel is a navigable channel between
Candlemas and
Vindication Island
Vindication Island ( es, Isla Vindicación) is a small uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Candlemas Island, separated by the Nelson Channel. The island is mostly ice free.
Geography
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Candlemas Islands
The Candlemas Islands ( es, Islas Candelaria) are a group of small uninhabited islands lying at the northern part of the South Sandwich Islands, southeast of Visokoi Island. They consist of Candlemas Island and Vindication Island, divided by ...
group, in the
South Sandwich Islands
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. First roughly charted by Captain
James Cook, discoverer of these islands in 1775. Recharted in 1930 by
DI personnel on the ''
Discovery II
''Discovery II'', built in 1971, is the second of three Discovery sternwheel riverboats operated by the Riverboat Discovery company. ''Discovery II'' is still in use as a tour vessel on the Chena and Tanana rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska.
Hist ...
'', who gave the name "Nelson Strait" for Lieutenant
Andrew Laidlaw Nelson,
Royal Navy Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Ro ...
, chief officer and navigator of the ship. The name has been amended to avoid duplication with
Nelson Strait in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
.
References
Channels of the Southern Ocean
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