Milky Way (mountain pass)
| Milky Way | |||
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| Compass direction | east | west | |
| Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 15 ′ 2 ″ S , 68 ° 42 ′ 17 ″ W | ||
The Milky Way (English for Milky Way ) is a mountain pass in the east of Alexander I Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs between the southern part of the LeMay Range and Planet Heights and represents the highest point on a route between the Jupiter and Uranus glaciers .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 based on the naming of the Planet Heights and the surrounding glaciers, all of which bear the names of planets in the solar system .
Web links
- Milky Way in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Milky Way on geographic.org (English)