🛇 Richthofen Pass

Antarctica · Antarctica · 66.02°S, 62.70°W

Richthofen Pass is a pass, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, between Mount Fritsche and the rock wall north of McCarroll Peak, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered and photographed in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, who named it Richthofen Valley for Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and geologist. The feature was found to be a pass by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	66.02°S, 62.70°W · view on map

Richthofen Pass is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More mountain passes in Antarctica

Anare Pass · Arena Saddle · Armitage Saddle · Auster Pass · Benighted Pass · Benz Pass · Bigend Saddle · Black Pass · Brattskarvbrekka Pass · Brawhm Pass.

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