Name details

Welcome Pass

Welcome Pass (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Welcome Pass  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111877

Feature type: Pass

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

running NE-SW at c.800m, N of Czamanske Ridge (q.v.), Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, and leading into Tranquillity Valley, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, so named in association with the valley and because, in the 1976-77 season, a note of welcome from a USGS party to a Soviet party was left in a helicopter cache, established by SAE in the previous season (APC, 1980, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
82° 35' 00.0" S
-82.58333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
52° 45' 00.0" W
-52.75000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-May-1979

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