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Echo Pass: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Echo Pass in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Echo Pass

Feature Class (see definition): Gap

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4286

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 036° 33' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.55

Elevation (see definition): 305

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Pass, 305 m in elevation, lying 1.5 mi SW of Grytviken, South Georgia, in the chain of mountains which extends SW from Mount Hodges. The pass provides a ski route from the station at Grytviken to the head of Cumberland West Bay. 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.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Echo Pass in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Echo Pass information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Echo Pass should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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