Boyd Strait
Boyd Strait is the 40-kilometre (25 mi) wide strait lying between Snow Island and Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and linking Drake Passage and the Bransfield Strait.
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Location of Boyd Strait in the South Shetland Islands.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
The strait was named in 1823 by a British expedition under James Weddell for Captain David Boyd, Royal Navy.
Location
Boyd Strait is located at 62°50′S 62°00′W. British mapping in 1823 and 1930-1931.
Maps
- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- South Shetland Islands : Map 3. Scale 1:200000. Cambridge: British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References
- Boyd Strait. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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