Lemaire Channel (1 of 3), Antarctica (南極--利馬海峽)

Lemaire Channel (1 of 3), Antarctica (南極--利馬海峽)

**The article is part of 25 days trip in South America and Antarctica, including 21 days onboard cruiser Zaandam.

Lemaire Channel -- (65°04'S 63°57'W) (-65.066666, -63.950000)

Lemaire Channel is a strait off Antarctica, between Kiev Peninsula in the mainland's Graham Land and Booth Island. It is one of the top tourist destinations in Antarctica and nicknamed "Kodak Gap" by some. Steep cliffs hem in the iceberg-filled passage, which is 11 km long and just 1,600 m wide at its narrowest point.

It was first seen by the German expedition of 1873-74, but not traversed. Until December 1898, the channel was first navigated by the Belgian expedition leader Adrien de Gerlache and named after a Belgian explorer of the Congo, Charles Lemaire. Not only is it scenic, but the protected waters are usually as still as a lake. The channel has since become a standard part of the itinerary for cruising in Antarctica.

**這篇部落格是25天南美洲及南極旅遊的部份內容(其中包含21天Zaandam尚丹號遊輪行程)

利馬海峽座標-- (65°04'S 63°57'W) (-65.066666, -63.950000)

利馬海峽(Lemaire Channel)是南極大陸Danco Coast西側的一處海峽，位於Kiev半島(Kiev Peninsula)和Booth島(Booth Island)之間，北起雷­納岬(Cape Renard)，南至克魯斯岬(Cape Cloos)，全長約11km，最狹窄處寬不到1600m，兩側雪山環繞，常靜如迷濛奇幻之湖，是條綺麗山景與雪景冰河倒影交織的夢幻海峽，是南極洲最漂亮的航道之一，也是每艘南極遊輪必到之處。船航行於利馬海峽，船舷幾乎緊靠著兩岸岩石及冰壁航行，伸手幾可觸及，遊輪常停泊在冰河前，讓我們可以近距離欣賞冰河崩解入海中的奇景。