Name details

Poseidon Pass

Poseidon Pass (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Poseidon Pass  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110681

Feature type: Pass

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

running NW-SE from the head of Bowman Inlet, Bowman Coast, to Larsen Ice Shelf, between Cape Keeler and Cape Mayo, was photographed from the air by RARE, 22 December 1947; roughly surveyed from the ground in November 1947 and resurveyed in November 1960 by FIDS from "Stonington Island"; in association with the names of Greek gods in this area, named after Poseidon, god of the sea and of earthquakes (APC, 1962, p.25; DOS 610 sheet W6862, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 47' 00.0" S
-68.78333°
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Longitude:
63° 32' 00.0" W
-63.53333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Aug-1962

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