Shackleton Gap
Shackleton Gap (54°8′S 37°12′W / 54.133°S 37.200°WCoordinates: 54°8′S 37°12′W / 54.133°S 37.200°W) is an ice-covered pass rising to about 300 m between King Haakon Bay and Possession Bay, South Georgia. The name Shackleton's Pass, after Sir Ernest Shackleton, was used on a map in his book the route across South Georgia used by the Shackleton party in 1916. The form approved was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1957.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Shackleton Gap". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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- Mountain passes of Antarctica
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs