The Lemaire Channel

Possibly the most famous and visually beautiful place along the peninsula.

Enormous sheer cliffs drop straight into the sea. A narrow channel flanked by the Antarctic Peninsula on one side and Booth Island on the other. The mundane nickname of 'Kodak Gap' hints at the nature of the location (it brings out the cameras in force) without doing it justice.

The channel is actually a fully navigable passage between Booth Island and the Peninsula, but this is  only apparent once you're well into it. Ice can sometimes block the path through causing ships to retreat and sail around Booth Island.

At the southern end of the Lemaire Channel lie an archipelago of picturesque ice-covered islands. One or more of these is often the site of another landing from tourist ships.