Matha Strait is a
strait lying between
Adelaide Island and the south end of the
Biscoe Islands
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. The strait takes its name from "Matha Bay", the name originally applied by
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
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Life
Jean- ...
, leader of the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10
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First expedition
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, to the water feature as he conceived it. The
British Graham Land Expedition under
John Rymill
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, 1934–37, recognizing that it is really a strait rather than a
bay, changed the name to Matha Strait. The name is for Lieutenant
André Matha, second-in-command of the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, also under Charcot.
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Further reading
* John E. G. Raymont,
Phytoplankton: Plankton and Productivity in The Oceans, Volume 1
', P 273
*
Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 87
', PP 65 – 66
* Charles Neider,
Beyond Cape Horn: Travels in the Antarctic
', P 188
External links
Matha Strait
on USGS
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website
Matha Strait
on SCAR
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website
Matha Strait area satellite image
References
Straits of the Biscoe Islands
Straits of Adelaide Island
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