🏔️ Pampero Pass

Antarctica · Antarctica · 69.52°S, 68.12°W

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Pampero Pass is a snow pass at about 750 m, running north–south between Mount Edgell and Mistral Ridge in northwest Palmer Land. The pass provides a sledge route between Wordie Ice Shelf and Eureka Glacier. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with other wind names in the area. Pampero is the cold wind that blows from the south Andes to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Quick facts

CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)69.52°S, 68.12°W · view on map

Pampero 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.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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