The gateway

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The Gateway
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The Gateway between the dome-shaped Mount Hope (left) and the crag of Cape Allen (right of the center of the picture), photographed in early December 1908

The Gateway between the dome-shaped Mount Hope (left) and the crag of Cape Allen (right of the center of the picture), photographed in early December 1908

Compass direction northwest Southeast
Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Queen Alexandra chain in the Transantarctic Mountains
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The Gateway (Antarctica)
The gateway
Coordinates 83 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 83 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
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The Gateway is a glacial ice- filled mountain pass at sea level on the Shackleton Coast of Antarctica's Ross Dependency . It is located between Cape Allen and Mount Hope on the northeastern edge of the Queen Alexandra chain and provides access from the Ross Ice Shelf to the Beardmore Glacier .

The pass was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907–1909) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton while looking for a route through the Transantarctic Mountains to the polar plateau and on to the geographic South Pole .

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