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What explorer has a river bay and strait named in his honor?
it was by hudson
What explorer discovered the bering strait?
The Bering Strait is named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who was the first European to explore the strait in 1728 on an expedition for the Russian Navy.
Who was the first European explorer to discover a strait in the pacific and reach the Philippines?
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, discovered a strait in the Pacific Ocean that is now named the Strait of Magellan in his honor. He also led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe and reached the Philippines in 1521, where he was killed during a battle with the indigenous people.
A russian explorer discovered a waterway that was named for him. What is the name of this waterway?
Bering Strait
A strait at the tip of south America named after a portuguese explorer whose crew was first to circumnavigate the globe?
Magellan Strait
What Native American explorer had a river named in her honor?
Sacagawea
What South American strait was named after a famous explorer?
The Strait of Magellan, separating the South American mainland from Tierra del Fuego, was named after the famous Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan who was the first to navigate it in 1520.
What was the surname of the Danish explorer Vitus?
The Russian naval officer and Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering had several landforms posthumously named in his honor, such as the Bering Land Bridge, the Bering Glacier, Bering Island, the Bering Strait, and of course the Bering Sea.
Name the strait in the southern part of south America that was named after a famous explorer?
monkey
How was the bering strait named?
The Bering Strait got its name from Vitus Bering. He was a Russian explorer and explored areas of Asia and North America.
A strait between russia and alaska named for a danish explorer?
Vitus Bering discovered that.
What body of water separates Tasmania and the Australian mainland?
Bass Strait is the body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from the mainland state of Victoria in Australia. It is named after explorer George Bass who determined conclusively that Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) was an island.
