Drake Passage

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sea passage strait

Drake Passage is the turbulent body of water between South America's Cape Horn and Antarctica, known for linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and some of the roughest seas in the world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Drake Passage canonical	35
Drake Passage region	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sea passage ⓘ strait ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
countryOnShore	Argentina ⓘ Chile ⓘ
hasAlternativeDescription	body of water between Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands ⓘ
hasApproximateMaximumWidth	about 1000 km ⓘ about 620 miles ⓘ
hasApproximateMinimumWidth	about 500 miles ⓘ about 800 km ⓘ
hasAverageSeaSurfaceTemperature	a few degrees above freezing in summer ⓘ near freezing in winter ⓘ
hasHazard	high waves ⓘ rapidly changing weather ⓘ strong currents ⓘ
hasNearbyPort	Punta Arenas, Chile ⓘ surface form: Punta Arenas Ushuaia ⓘ
hasOceanCurrent	Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ
hasSeaStateNicknames	Drake Lake ⓘ Drake Shake ⓘ
hasTypicalWindPattern	westerly winds ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor	exploration of Antarctica ⓘ trade routes between Europe and the Pacific ⓘ
isImportantFor	exchange between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ⓘ global ocean mixing ⓘ
isMajorRouteFor	voyages from South America to Antarctica ⓘ
knownFor	frequent storms ⓘ large ocean swells ⓘ strong winds ⓘ very rough seas ⓘ
liesWithinLatitudeBand	the Furious Fifties ⓘ the Screaming Sixties ⓘ
locatedBetween	Cape Horn Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Cape Horn and Antarctic Peninsula
locatedIn	Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedOff	Cape Horn Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Cape Horn
namedAfter	Francis Drake ⓘ
oceanographicSignificance	gateway for deep water exchange between oceans ⓘ
partOf	circumpolar route around Antarctica ⓘ
roleInClimate	allows unimpeded flow of water around Antarctica ⓘ facilitates global thermohaline circulation ⓘ
separates	Antarctica ⓘ South America ⓘ
traversedBy	Antarctic cruise ships ⓘ commercial shipping ⓘ research vessels ⓘ
usedSince	Age of Sail ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → connectedVia → Drake Passage ⓘ

Strait of Magellan → isAlternativeTo → Drake Passage ⓘ

South Shetland Islands → seaBorder → Drake Passage ⓘ

Antarctic Circumpolar Current → hasKeyRegion → Drake Passage ⓘ

Americas → separatedFromContinentByWaterBody → Drake Passage ⓘ

Great Wall Station → seaNearby → Drake Passage ⓘ

Cape Horn Archipelago → borders → Drake Passage ⓘ

Scotia Sea → adjacentTo → Drake Passage ⓘ

Scotia Plate → near → Drake Passage ⓘ

Drake Shake → usedInContextOf → Drake Passage ⓘ

Drake Shake → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Drake Passage ⓘ

Scotia Arc → separates → Drake Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drake Passage region

Cabo de Hornos commune → borders → Drake Passage ⓘ

Beagle Channel → partOf → Drake Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drake Passage region

Beagle Channel → alternativeTo → Drake Passage ⓘ

Mount Foster → nearestSea → Drake Passage ⓘ

South America by the Drake Passage → borders → Drake Passage ⓘ

South America by the Drake Passage → separatedBy → Drake Passage ⓘ

South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean → adjacentTo → Drake Passage ⓘ

Navarino Island → locatedNear → Drake Passage ⓘ

ACC → hasKeyRegion → Drake Passage ⓘ

subject surface form: Antarctic Circumpolar Current

ACC → passesThrough → Drake Passage ⓘ

subject surface form: Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Land of Fire → borders → Drake Passage ⓘ

Cape Horn → locatedIn → Drake Passage ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet) → connectedTo → Drake Passage ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlantic Ocean

Southwest Atlantic circulation system → hasKeyRegion → Drake Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drake Passage region

Herschel Island → locatedIn → Drake Passage ⓘ

Hermite Islands → locatedNear → Drake Passage ⓘ

Wollaston Islands → locatedIn → Drake Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drake Passage region

Wollaston Islands → locatedNorthOf → Drake Passage ⓘ

Isla Hoste → locatedNear → Drake Passage ⓘ

territory of Chile → bordersBodyOfWater → Drake Passage ⓘ

South Georgia microcontinent → locatedNortheastOf → Drake Passage ⓘ

Cabo de Hornos National Park → locatedOn → Drake Passage ⓘ

Magallanes Region electoral districts → borderingSea → Drake Passage ⓘ

South Atlantic–South Pacific shipping routes → includesPassage → Drake Passage ⓘ

Hornos Island → locatedIn → Drake Passage ⓘ

Deceit Island → locatedIn → Drake Passage ⓘ

Deceit Island → hasSurroundingSea → Drake Passage ⓘ