Khamsin pass
| Khamsin pass | |||
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| Pass height | 750 m | ||
| Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 29 ′ 20 ″ S , 67 ° 48 ′ 19 ″ W | ||
The Khamsin Pass is a 750 m high mountain pass on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs in a north-south direction between the Relay Hills in the west and the Kinnear Mountains to the east .
The pass served between 1936 and 1937 scientists on the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill as well as subsequent expeditions as an easy route from the Wordie Ice Shelf to Palmerland . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the desert wind Khamsin in Egypt .
Web links
- Khamsin Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Khamsin Pass on geographic.org (English)