pendleton, strait, strait, between, rabot, lavoisier, islands, biscoe, islands, french, antarctic, expedition, accordance, with, charcot, conception, this, water, feature, applied, name, pendleton, january, 1909, british, graham, land, expedition, bgle, under,. Pendleton Strait 66 0 S 66 30 W 66 000 S 66 500 W 66 000 66 500 is a strait between Rabot and Lavoisier Islands in the Biscoe Islands The French Antarctic Expedition in accordance with Charcot s conception of this water feature applied the name Pendleton Bay in January 1909 The British Graham Land Expedition BGLE under Rymill 1934 37 recognizing that it is really a strait renamed it Pendleton Strait Named by Charcot for Captain Benjamin Pendleton Yankee sealer of Stonington CT Captain Pendleton was commodore of the little fleet which included the sloop Hero under Captain Nathaniel B Palmer who at Pendleton s direction explored this area in January 1821 This article incorporates public domain material from Pendleton Strait Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey This Biscoe Islands location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pendleton Strait amp oldid 1085197024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
