Whistle Pass () is a snow pass at about 1,050 m at the head of
Sullivan Glacier
Sullivan Glacier () is a glacier flowing west into Gilbert Glacier, immediately south of Elgar Uplands in the north part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The glacier was first sighted from a distance by the British Graham Land Expedition during ...
in north
Alexander Island
Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarc ...
,
Antarctica
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. The pass trends in a NE-SW direction and provides access to and from the upper part of
Hampton Glacier
Hampton Glacier is a glacier lying between Mount Hahn and Mount Nicholas in the northeast part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is long and wide, and flows north-northeast along the west wall of the Douglas Range into Schokalsky Bay.
The ...
. So named by
British Antarctic Survey
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in 1977, because the pass falls away steeply to the southwest between high cliffs, so that the descent by sledge is fast and exhilarating as suggested by the name.
See also
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Gateway Pass
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Haffner Pass
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Tufts Pass
Mountain passes of Alexander Island
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