Styles Strait
Encyclopedia
Styles Strait is a channel
15 miles long and 6 to 9 miles wide, separating White Island
from Sakellari Peninsula
. It was plotted from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in November 1956, and visited in February 1960 and February 1961 by ANARE (Thala Dan
), while led by D.F. Styles, for whom it was named.
Channel (geography)
In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks.A channel is also the natural or human-made deeper course through a reef, sand bar, bay, or any shallow body of water...
15 miles long and 6 to 9 miles wide, separating White Island
White Island (Enderby Land)
White Island is an 13 miles long and 5 miles wide ice-covered island in Enderby Land, Antarctica. 8 miles wide Styles Strait separates them from Sakellari Peninsula. Discovered and called Hvitøya by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in January 1930...
from Sakellari Peninsula
Sakellari Peninsula
Sakellari Peninsula is a large ice-covered peninsula between Amundsen Bay and Casey Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica. This region was photographed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956-57 and by the Soviet expedition in the Lena in 1957. Named by the Soviet expedition for...
. It was plotted from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in November 1956, and visited in February 1960 and February 1961 by ANARE (Thala Dan
Thala Dan
MV Thala Dan was one of a fleet of icebreaking cargo-passenger ships operated by the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines, and chartered to, inter alia, ANARE...
), while led by D.F. Styles, for whom it was named.