McFarlane Strait

Location of McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands
McFarlane Strait from Huron Glacier, Livingston Island with Half Moon Island and Greenwich Island in the background
Fragment of George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands featuring McFarlane Strait
Topographic map of McFarlane Strait

McFarlane Strait is a strait lying between Greenwich Island and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It is 24 kilometres (13 nmi) long and 3 kilometres (1.6 nmi) wide. The name appears on an 1822 chart by Captain George Powell, a British sealer, and is now well established in international usage.[1]

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