Tyskepasset
| Tyskepasset | |||
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| Compass direction | Southeast | northwest | |
| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Borg massif | ||
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
Tyskepasset (Norwegian for German passport ) is a mountain pass in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Borg massif , it runs between Høgskavlen and Domen .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who named the pass after the nationality of its discoverers, mapped it using aerial photographs and measurements of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Tysk Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tysk Pass on geographic.org (English)