Drake Passage

News: Recently, a massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Drake Passage, the stormy strait that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

About Drake Passage

• The Drake Passage is located between Cape Horn at the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula.
• The passage is named after Sir Francis Drake, who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
• It is also the narrowest stretch in the Southern Ocean and spans approximately 800 km between the southern tip of South America and the northern tip of the West Antarctic Peninsula.
• It is considered one of the roughest waterways in the world because here, layers of cold seawater from the south and warm seawater from the north collide to form powerful eddies.