Robinson Pass
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Robinson Pass ({{langx|bg|проход Робинсън}}, Prohod Robinson), in Antarctica, is the ice-covered saddle of elevation {{convert|1700|m|abbr=on}}[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 between Sostra Heights on the east and the side ridge on the west that trends east-northeast from Mount Dalrymple on the main crest of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Sabazios Glacier to the north and Embree Glacier to the south.
The pass is named after the Australian James Kerguelen Robinson (1859–1914), the first human born south of the Antarctic Convergence – on board the sealing ship Offley in Gulf of Morbihan (Royal Sound then), Kerguelen Island on 11 March 1859.J. Robinson. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206155915/http://www.cerchi.net/destinations/2002_sioe/sioe_kerguelen.html Appendix B: Log of the Offley.] In: Reminiscences. Hobart: Archives Office of Tasmania, 1906. pp. 98-99. (Transcribed and edited by D. Cerchi.)L. Ivanov and N. Ivanova. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364087925_The_World_of_Antarctica The World of Antarctica.] Generis Publishing, 2022. 241 pp. 115–117. {{ISBN|979-8-88676-403-1}} ([https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318421288_Antarctic_Nature_History_Utilization_Geographic_Names_and_Bulgarian_Participation_in_Bulgarian 2014 Bulgarian edition of the book])
Location
Robinson Pass is {{convert|9.15|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-northeast of Mount Dalrymple, {{convert|3.35|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Mount Malone in Sostra Heights, and {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} north of Mount Schmid in Bangey Heights.
Maps
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg Newcomer Glacier.] Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
- [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
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References
- [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137812 Robinson Pass.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
External links
- [https://copernix.io/#?where=-85.61944399999999,-77.933333,12&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Robinson Pass.] Copernix satellite image
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Category:Mountain passes of Ellsworth Land
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