Reynolds Strait () is a strait between
Forrester Island on the north and Shepard and
Grant Islands along the edge of
Getz Ice Shelf
The Getz Ice Shelf is the largest Antarctic ice shelf along the SE Pacific-Antarctic coastline, over long and from wide, bordering the Hobbs and Bakutis Coasts of Marie Byrd Land between the McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. Several larg ...
on the south. The discovery of Forrester Island from USS Glacier on February 4, 1962, simultaneously established the existence of the strait, which was then sounded. The name was applied by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) for
Ralph R. Reynolds (1938–73), Lieutenant Commander, CEC,
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
who was Officer-in-Charge of the
Navy Nuclear Power Unit at
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
in 1970.
Straits of Antarctica
Bodies of water of Marie Byrd Land
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