Khamsin Pass () is a pass at , running north–south between the
Relay Hills and the
Kinnear Mountains, southward of the
Wordie Ice Shelf,
Antarctic Peninsula. An important pass used by the
British Graham Land Expedition, 1936–37, and subsequent parties, it allows easy access from the Wordie Ice Shelf into
Palmer Land. It was named in 1977 by the
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 ...
in association with other wind names in the area,
Khamsin
Khamsin, chamsin or hamsin ( ar, خمسين , meaning "fifty"), more commonly known in Egypt as khamaseen ( arz, خماسين , ), is a dry, hot, sandy local wind affecting Egypt and the Levant; similar winds, blowing in other parts of North ...
being the warm southerly wind in
Egypt
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that comes from the
Sahara.
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See also
*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. Surveyed by British Antarc ...
References
Mountain passes of Palmer Land
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