Shackleton Gap

Shackleton Gap

Shackleton Gap (coord|54|8|S|37|12|W|) is an ice-covered pass rising to about 300 m between King Haakon Bay and Possession Bay, South Georgia. The name Shackletons Pass, after Sir Ernest Shackleton, was used on a map in his book the route across South Georgia used by the Shackleton party in 1916. The form approved was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1957.


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