Rolnicki Pass
| Rolnicki Pass | |||
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 210 m | ||
| King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 3 '20 " S , 58 ° 24' 30" W | ||
The Rolnicki Pass ( Polish: Przełęcz Rolnickiego ) is a 210 m high mountain pass on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It leads on the Keller Peninsula between Mount Birkenmajer and Tokarski Peak from the Stenhouse Glacier in the east to the Domeyko Glacier in the west.
Polish scientists named it in 1984. It is named after the Polish engineer Krzysztof Rolnicki, who was involved in the two Polish Antarctic campaigns from 1978 to 1979 and 1979 to 1980.
Web links
- Rolnicki Pass in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)