Passet is a

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...

on the island of

Kongsøya Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land ( Kong Karls Land). Its area is . The other main island in the chain is Svenskøya. Geography Kongsøya is the largest island in Kong Karls Land, ...

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 Tirpitzø ...

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...

. 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 are ...

, and the headland Kapp Altmann.

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Mountain passes of Svalbard Kongsøya {{svalbard-mountain-stub