Name details

Fyr Channel

Fyr Channel (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fyr Channel  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108944

Feature type: Channel

Origin

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:

Narrative

running NW-SE between Signy Island and Moe Island, was charted by the whalers, 1912-13, and named Fyr Str. after the whale catcher Fyr, of Messrs Christensen and Co., Corral, Chile, which operated in the area at this time (Corral Point, Moe Island, Tioga Hill, q.v.) (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Fyr Pasage, Fyr Pasagen, Fyr Passage (Moe, chart, 1913a; 1913b). Fyr Strait (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; DCS 701 South Orkney Islands sheet, 1950). The feature was recharted by DI in 1933. Fyr Channel (Nelson and others, chart, 1933; APC, 1955, p.10; BA chart 1775, 13.x.1967; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). Détroit Fyr (France. SHM, 1937, p.390). Fry [sic] Strait (USHO, 1943, p.82).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 43' 46.0" S
-60.72944°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 40' 23.0" W
-45.67306°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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