Gerlache Strait UPSC NOTE

  Gerlache Strait is a strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula .  The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Lt. ...

 

• Gerlache Strait is a strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. 

• The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, explored the strait in January and February 1898, naming it for the expedition ship Belgica.