Feature Name (see definition): Tickle Channel

Feature Class (see definition): Channel

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15289

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
67° 06' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
067° 43' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.1

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Narrow channel in the S part of Hanusse Bay, from 1 to 3 mi wide and 5 mi long, extending northward from The Gullet and separating Hansen Island from the E extremity of Adelaide Island. First seen from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) on a flight in February 1936. Surveyed from the ground in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied this descriptive name. In Newfoundland and Labrador a tickle is a narrow water passage as between two islands.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data