Richthofen Pass is a pass, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, between Mount Fritsche

Mount Fritsche

Mount Fritsche is a snow-capped coastal mountain with many steep rock faces, located on the north side of Richthofen Pass in eastern Graham Land. This mountain was probably first seen by Otto Nordenskjold of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Sir Hubert Wilkins observed the feature from...

 and the rock wall north of McCarroll Peak

McCarroll Peak

McCarroll Peak is a rock peak, 1,105 m, standing at the south side of Richthofen Pass on the east coast of Graham Land. Probably first seen by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04. The name "Cape McCarroll," for H.G...

, on the east coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Discovered and photographed in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...

 under Nordenskjold, who named it Richthofen Valley for Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen

Ferdinand von Richthofen

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist.-Biography:He was born in Carlsruhe, Prussian Silesia, and was educated in Breslau and Berlin. He traveled or studied in the Alps of Tyrol and the Carpathians in Transylvania...

, German geographer and geologist. The feature was found to be a pass by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955.