Feature Name (see definition): Fyr Channel

Feature Class (see definition): Channel

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5407

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 41' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.7333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.6833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Channel 0.2 mi wide between the SW end of Signy Island and Moe Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name Fyr Strait appears on a manuscript chart drawn by Captain Petter Sorlle in 1912, and corrected by Hans Borge in 1913, but the generic term channel is approved because of the small size of this feature. The Corral Whaling Co. of Bergen, a subsidiary of Messrs. Christensen and Co., Corral, Chile, operated the steam whaler Fyr in the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data