The Waist
| The Waist | |||
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| Compass direction | North ( Herbert Plateau ) | South ( Foster Plateau ) | |
| Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 38 ′ 20 ″ S , 61 ° 24 ′ 13 ″ W | ||
The Waist (English for the waist ) is a narrow mountain pass in northern Grahamland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It connects the Herbert Plateau with the Foster Plateau .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition from 1956 to 1957 were used for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named it in 1960.
Web links
- The waist in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Waist on geographic.org (English)