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Edwards Gap (71°15′S 70°20′W / 71.250°S 70.333°W / -71.250; -70.333) is a pass at about 500 metres (1,600 ft) through the Walton Mountains, southward of Mount McArthur, on Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Christopher W. Edwards, a British Antarctic Survey geologist at Stonington Island, 1973–75, who mapped this area.

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  1. "Edwards Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

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