Pampero Pass
# Pampero Pass

Pampero Pass (69°31′S 68°7′W﻿ / ﻿69.517°S 68.117°W﻿ / -69.517; -68.117) is a snow pass at about 750 m, running north–south between Mount Edgell and Mistral Ridge in northwest Palmer Land. The pass provides a sledge route between Wordie Ice Shelf and Eureka Glacier. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with other wind names in the area. Pampero is the cold wind that blows from the south Andes to the Atlantic Ocean.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Pampero Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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