Its northern portion was first seen and roughly mapped in 1910 by the frae under j.b. charcot and was observed from the air in 1929 by sir hubert wilkins .

该海峡的北部于1910年由j.b.沙尔科率领的法国南极探险队首次发现并粗略绘图，1929年由赫伯特.威尔金斯爵士从空中观测到。