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The Drake Passage can see waves of up to 49 feet. - Mike Hill/Stone RF/Getty Images At around 600 miles wide and up to 6,000 meters (nearly four miles) deep, the Drake is objectively a vast body ...
The Drake Passage can see waves of up to 49 feet. - Mike Hill/Stone RF/Getty Images At around 600 miles wide and up to 6,000 meters (nearly four miles) deep, the Drake is objectively a vast body ...
In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan. [2] Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (in Argentina, mainly), or ...
The open waters of the Drake Passage, south of Cape Horn, provide by far the widest route, at about 800 kilometres (500 miles) wide; this passage offers ample sea room for maneuvering as winds change, and is the route used by most ships and sailboats, despite the possibility of extreme wave conditions.
The Impossible Row is a documentary from the Discovery Channel.It follows explorers as they row across the Drake Passage and become the first in history to do so. The journey took 12 days and ended on December 25, 2019 with the six crew members reaching Antarctica.
One person is dead and two others were missing after large waves hammered the California coastline Monday amid a high surf warning. First responders were called to Sunset State Beach, a state park ...
Dangerous waves brought down part of the Santa Cruz Pier on Monday and prompted multiple water rescues from the Pacific Ocean this week as waves up to 60 feet are forecast along the shores of ...
The Scotia Sea is the area of water between the Drake Passage, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkney Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula. These island groups all sit atop the Scotia Arc, which frames the sea on the north, east, and south. The Scotia Sea covers an area around 900,000 km 2 (347,500 sq mi).