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Stefansson Strait

Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica

Field	Value
location	Wilkins Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
coordinates
type	Inlet
oceans	Weddell Sea
pushpin_map	Antarctica

Stefansson Strait () is an ice-filled strait 35 nmi long and 3 to wide, between the east coast of Palmer Land and Hearst Island, Antarctica.

Location

Stefansson Strait is on the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. It is east of the Eternity Range, north of Hughes Ice Piedmont and south of Scripps Heights and Casey Inlet. The strait separates Hearst Island from the mainland. The south of the strait is at the north side of the mouth of Anthony Glacier, which flows eastward past the Engel Peaks and Mount Martin to enter the sea north of Lewis Point. Features of the coast to the west of the strait, from south to north, include Rhino Rock, Cape Rymill, Briesemeister Peak and Cape Reichelderfer. The Binghy Glacier flows east between De Busk Scarp and Le Feuvre Scarp to enter the trait north of Cape Reichelderfer. Lurabee Glacier flow northeast along the southeast side of Scripps Heights to enter the sea just north of the strait between Cape Walcott and Cape Hinks on Finley Heights.

Discovery and name

Stefansson Strait was first sighted by Sir Hubert Wilkins at the south end of his flight of December 20, 1928, and was named by him for Vilhjalmur Stefansson. He believed it to be a strait cutting off what is now known to be Antarctic Peninsula from the main land mass of Antarctica. The true orientation of the strait was determined by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who charted this coast by land and from the air in 1940.

Features

Northern Palmer Land. Stefansson Strait northeast of center of map

Hearst Island

Anthony Glacier

Engel Peaks

Mount Martin

Rhino Rock

Cape Rymill

Briesemeister Peak

Cape Reichelderfer

Lurabee Glacier

Cape Hinks

Finley Heights

References

Sources

{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25

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