Passet is a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
on the island of
Kongsøya in
Kong Karls Land
Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abel Island, Helgoland Island, and Tirpitzøya.
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,
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
. It is located at the western side of Kongsøya, and separates the mountain of
Sjögrenfjellet to the west from
Tordenskjoldberget to the east. South of the pass is the bay
Antarcticbukta Antarcticbukta is a wide bay at the southern side of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is located south of the mountain Sjögrenfjellet. The bay extends eastwards to the headland of Kapp Altmann, which separates the bay from the beach area ...
, and the headland
Kapp Altmann.
References
Mountain passes of Svalbard
Kongsøya
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