# Fildes Strait

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{{Short description|Strait in the South Shetland Islands}}
thumb|Location of Fildes Strait in the South Shetland Islands.
'''Fildes Strait''' is a strait which extends in a general east-west direction between [King George Island](/source/King_George_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)) and [Nelson Island](/source/Nelson_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)), in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands). This strait has been known to sealers in the area since about 1822, but at that time it appeared on the charts as "Field's Strait". It was probably named for [Robert Fildes](/source/Robert_Fildes), a British sealer of that period,<ref name=gnis/> whose vessel {{ship||Robert|1814 ship|2}} was wrecked in [Clothier Harbour](/source/Clothier_Harbour) in 1822.

==Notes==
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<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 4900| name = Fildes Strait | access-date = 2012-03-22}}</ref>
}}

== References ==
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=108798 Fildes Strait.] SCAR [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer)

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Category:Bodies of water of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Category:Straits of the South Shetland Islands

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