Weasel Gap
| Weasel Gap ( notch ) |
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Athos Range , Prince Charles Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
Weasel Gap is a mountain pass with a firn surface and a slight slope in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Athos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains , it represents the north-south connection between Mount Starlight and Mount Lacey .
A team led by the Australian polar explorer John Mayston Béchervaise (1910-1998) discovered him in November 1955 during a campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). It is named after the M29 Weasel , a tracked vehicle that was used by the ANARE.
Web links
- Weasel Gap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weasel Gap on geographic.org (English)