Robinson Pass ( bg, проход Робинсън, ''Prohod Robinson''), in Antarctica, is the ice-covered saddle of elevation
[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
Mount Dalrymple () is a mountain (3,600 m) between Mount Alf and Mount Goldthwait in the northern part of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It surmounts Sabazios Glacier to the north-northeast and Embree Glacier to the southeast.
The mountai ...
on the main crest of northern
Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Man ...
in
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
,
Antarctica
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. 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
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James Kerguelen Robinson
James Kerguelen Robinson (11 March 1859 – 1914) was an Australian prospector who was the first person born south of the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson Pass was named after him.
Life
Robinson was born in March 1859 on the Kerguelen Islands ...
(1859–1914), the first human born south of the
Antarctic Convergence
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– on board the
sealing ship ''Offley'' in
Gulf of Morbihan
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(Royal Sound then),
Kerguelen Island
The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large ...
on 11 March 1859.
[L. Ivanov and N. Ivanova]
''The World of Antarctica''.
Generis Publishing, 2022. 241 pp. 115–117.
2014 Bulgarian edition of the book
Location
Robinson Pass is east-northeast of
Mount Dalrymple
Mount Dalrymple () is a mountain (3,600 m) between Mount Alf and Mount Goldthwait in the northern part of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It surmounts Sabazios Glacier to the north-northeast and Embree Glacier to the southeast.
The mountai ...
, southwest of
Mount Malone in
Sostra Heights, and north of
Mount Schmid in
Bangey Heights.
Maps
Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
References
Robinson Pass.SCAR
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Robinson Pass.Copernix satellite image
Ellsworth Mountains
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Mountain passes of Ellsworth Land
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