La Perouse Strait — Russia

Cape Crillon - Cape Sōya

42.6 km
Distance
Cape Crillon ↔ Cape Sōya
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. First crossingAlexander Konovalov
  2. First from countryAlexander Konovalov🇷🇺 Russia
  3. First from countryJustin Coetzee🇿🇦 South Africa

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.