Zigzag Pass
Zigzag Pass is a pass through the west portion of Wilckens Peaks in South Georgia, leading from Kohl Plateau to the head of Esmark Glacier. Descriptively named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1982 from the zigzag folding of the rocks in the pass.Zigzag Pass
- Mountain saddle with an elevation of 937 metres (3,074 feet)
- Description: pass through the west portion of Wilckens Peaks in South Georgia
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- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.21371° or 54° 12′ 49″ south
Longitude
-37.00509° or 37° 0′ 18″ west
Open location code
39Q4QXPV+GX
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Zigzag Pass” goes by many names.
- German: “Zigzag Pass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zigzag Pass”
- Spanish: “Paso Zigzag”
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