Tickle Channel () is a narrow
channel
Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to:
Geography
* Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.
Australia
* Channel Country, region of outback Austral ...
in the south part of
Hanusse Bay, from 1 to 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, extending northward from
The Gullet
The Gullet is a narrow channel between the eastern extremity of Adelaide Island and the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, separating Hansen Island and Day Island and connecting the heads of Hanusse Bay and Laubeuf Fjord. This area was fi ...
and separating
Hansen Island
Hansen Island () is an island long and wide, lying immediately north of The Gullet at the head of Hanusse Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Joh ...
from the east extremity of
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mount ...
. First seen from the air by the
British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) on a flight in February 1936. Surveyed from the ground in 1948 by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied this descriptive name. In
Newfoundland and Labrador a tickle is a narrow water passage as between two islands.
Channels of the Southern Ocean
Straits of Adelaide Island
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