Gjelstad pass
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| Compass direction | Northwest | southeast | |
| Pass height | 1280 m | ||
| location | South Georgia , South Atlantic | ||
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 17 '9 " S , 36 ° 58' 3" W | ||
The Gjelstad Pass is a 1280 m high mountain pass on South Georgia . In the Allardyce Range, it lies between Mount Corneliussen and Smillie Peak . It is the only pass discovered so far that allows overland access to the area south of the Allardyce Range.
The South Georgia Survey mapped it as part of its surveying campaign, which lasted from 1951 to 1957 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1958 after the Norwegian engineer and factory owner Anton Gjelstad, the so-called "Walk Rail" (at the beginning of the 1930 Norwegian hvalcloa ) invented, with the whale carcass on the Fluke a slipway on board whaling ships pulled become.
Web links
- Gjelstad Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gjelstad Pass on geographic.org (English)