Stange Sound

Icebergs in Stange Sound

Stange Sound is a sound about 60 nautical miles long and 25 nautical miles wide along the coast of Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory. An ice shelf (the Stange Ice Shelf) occupies the sound.

The sound is bounded on the west by Smyley Island and Case Island (the westernmost islands in the territory) and the Snow Nunataks; on the south by the mainland of Antarctica, on the east by Spaatz Island and on the north by the open water of the Ronne Entrance.

The sound and the ice shelf were photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947–48 under Finn Ronne, and named by him for Henry Stange of New York City, a contributor to the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition and who gave much time to assisting in preparations for the expedition.

Location

• Location map: 73°9’58"S, 76°39’58"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Stange Sound