Lewthwaite Strait

Lewthwaite Strait runs north-to-south between Coronation Island and Powell Island, amongst the South Orkney Islands in the British Antarctic Territory.

The channel was charted and navigated by Powell, 10-11 December 1821, and named 'Lewthwaite's Strait' after Mr Lewthwaite, of Princes Street, Rotherhithe, Surrey, with whom Powell left his Antarctic journals and charts before sailing on his last expedition; on which expedition he met his death in 1834. The strait was independently charted by Weddell, 19 January 1823, and named 'Spencer Straits' or 'Spencers Straits' after Sir Robert Spencer (from whom Spencer Bluff is named). The strait was recharted by Discovery Investigations in 1933.

Location

• Location map: 60°40’59"S, 45°6’58"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Lewthwaite Strait