Gjelstad Pass
Gjelstad Pass is a pass through the western part of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia, between Mount Corneliussen and Smillie Peak. It is the only pass yet discovered which gives access overland to the area south of the Allardyce Range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Corneliussen and Smillie Peak.
Mount Corneliussen
Peak
Mount Corneliussen is a mountain, 1,540 metres high, standing 1 nautical mile north of Mount Globus at the west end of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia.
Smillie Peak
Peak
Smillie Peak is a rock peak, 1,765 m, standing 1 mile east of Mount Corneliussen in the west extremity of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS, 1951–52, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Gordon Smillie, SGS surveyor.
Gjelstad Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,501 metres
- Description: mountain pass in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.28662° or 54° 17′ 12″ southLongitude
-36.96436° or 36° 57′ 52″ westElevation
1,501 metres (4,925 feet)Open location code
39Q5P27P+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 9121558117OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Gjelstad Pass” goes by many names.
- German: “Gjelstad-Pass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gjelstad Pass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gjelstad Pass”
- Norwegian: “Gjelstad Pass”
- Spanish: “Paso Gjelstad”
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