Neumayer Channel

Geographical location

The Neumayer Channel is a strait in the Palmer Archipelago, off the Antarctic Peninsula. It has a length of 26 km in the NE-SW direction and is about 2.4 km wide. It separates the Anvers Island from Wiencke the Island and the Doumer Island.

The southwestern entrance was discovered by Eduard Dallmann, head of the German expedition of 1873 / 74. He called him Roosen channel.

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-1899 under Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery sailed through the channel and named it after Georg von Neumayer. This second term is in general use since then.

The Neumayer Channel has majestic cliffs, an attraction for tourists who come to this region. It is said that he was like a maze with no visible outlets for its S-shaped curve. Input and output of the channel have sharp bends.