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Peltier Channel
Peltier Channel
is a
channel 6
nautical miles
long, in a NE-SW
direction
, separating
Doumer
and
Wiencke Island
Islands to
the south
of
Port Lockroy
, in the
Palmer Archipelago
to
the west
of
the Antarctic
Peninsula
.
Discovered
by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05
, and named by Charcot for
Jean Peltier
, noted
French physicist
.
It was surveyed
for the first time
in
March 2019
by
HMS Protector
.