Echo Pass () is a pass, in elevation, lying southwest of
Grytviken
Grytviken ( ) is a settlement on South Georgia in the South Atlantic and formerly a whaling station and the largest settlement on the island. It is located at the head of King Edward Cove within the larger Cumberland East Bay, considered the b ...
,
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
, in the chain of mountains which extends southwest from
Mount Hodges. The pass provides a ski route from the station at Grytviken to the head of
Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide, and extends in a southwest direction. It is separated from Cumberland East Bay by Thatcher Pe ...
. The name is used on the chart of a German expedition 1928–29, under
Kohl-Larsen, who states that the name was already in use by whalers.
[
]Junction Valley
Junction Valley () is a valley sloping eastward from Echo Pass to Hestesletten on the west side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. The name Junction Valley was originally applied by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 19 ...
slopes eastward from Echo Pass to Hestesletten
Hestesletten () is a glacial plain between the Hamberg Lakes and Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. It is covered with tussock and is almost long in a northeast–southwest direction and wide. It is, along with Salisbury Plain, one of the fe ...
, connecting the two.[
]
References
Mountain passes of South Georgia
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