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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Feature type: Pass (2e)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A pass about 375 m high on the E side of Antarctic Peninsula. It leads from Mobiloil Inlet to Larsen Ice Shelf between Cape Keeler and Cape Mayo. Photographed from the air by RARE, Dec. 1947, and roughly surveyed from the ground by FIDS, Nov. 1947. It was used by the east coast geological party from Stonington Island, Nov. 1960, and was found to provide an ideal sledge route. Named by UK-APC after Poseidon, god of the sea and of earthquakes in Greek mythology.
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