🛇 Shackleton Gap

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.13°S, 37.20°W

Shackleton Gap is an ice-covered pass rising to about 300 m between King Haakon Bay and Possession Bay, South Georgia. The name Shackleton's 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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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	54.13°S, 37.20°W · view on map

Shackleton Gap is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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