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11 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, British Graham Land expedition, Egypt, Khamsin, Kinnear Mountains, Palmer Land, Relay Hills, Rendezvous Rocks, Sahara, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Wordie Ice Shelf.
- Mountain passes of Palmer Land
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.
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British Graham Land expedition
The British Graham Land expedition (BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937.
See Khamsin Pass and British Graham Land expedition
Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Khamsin
Khamsin, chamsin or hamsin (خمسين, meaning "fifty"), more commonly known in Egypt and Palestine as khamaseen (خماسين), is a dry, hot, sandy local wind affecting Egypt and the Levant; similar winds, blowing in other parts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the entire Mediterranean basin, have different local names, such as bad-i-sad-o-bist roz in Iran and Afghanistan, haboob in the Sudan, aajej in southern Morocco, ghibli in Tunis, harmattan in the western Maghreb, africo in Italy, sirocco (derived from the Arabic, "eastern") which blows in winter over much of the Middle East,Philologos,, in The Forward, 4 April 2003.
Kinnear Mountains
The Kinnear Mountains are a small group of mountains, rising above, standing west of Prospect Glacier at the south margin of the Wordie Ice Shelf, on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
See Khamsin Pass and Kinnear Mountains
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. Khamsin Pass and Palmer Land are Palmer Land geography stubs.
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Relay Hills
Relay Hills is a group of low, ice-covered hills, mainly conical in shape, between Mount Edgell and Kinnear Mountains in western Antarctic Peninsula. Khamsin Pass and Relay Hills are Palmer Land geography stubs.
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Rendezvous Rocks
The Rendezvous Rocks is an isolated line of south-facing crags (about 945 m), located south of Khamsin Pass and 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the Kinnear Mountains on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Khamsin Pass and Rendezvous Rocks are Palmer Land geography stubs.
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Sahara
The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).
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Wordie Ice Shelf
The Wordie Ice Shelf was a confluent glacier projecting as an ice shelf into the SE part of Marguerite Bay between Cape Berteaux and Mount Edgell, along the western coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Khamsin Pass and Wordie Ice Shelf are Palmer Land geography stubs.
See Khamsin Pass and Wordie Ice Shelf
See also
Mountain passes of Palmer Land
- Creswick Gap
- Khamsin Pass
- Pampero Pass