Drake Passage


Region Type Maps & Charts (if available, no international)
South America, Atlantic, Pacific Straight Drake Passage

Antarctic strait (c.500 miles wide) bet. Cape Horn and South Shetland Isles, joining the South Pacific and the South Atlantic; centers on 58ºS 70ºW, but stretches over the 60th degree of S lat.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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