Dove Channel (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dove Channel (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Channel
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
running NW-SE through Oliphant Islands, off Signy Island, was charted by DI in 1933 and named Dove Strait, either after the sloop Dove, commanded by Capt. G. Powell (Powell Island, q.v.) on his voyage of 1821-22, or after the whale catcher Dove, commanded by Kapt. M.T. Moe (Moe Island, q.v.), which operated in the South Orkney Islands, 1912-13 (Nelson and others, chart, 1933; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934). Détroit Dove (France. SHM, 1937, p.390). Estrecho Dove (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.274; Pierrou, 1970, p.322). Dove Channel (APC, 1955, p.9; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973).
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