Descent Pass (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Descent Pass (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Pass (2e)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A pass leading from Blue Glacier to Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land. So named by the party led by Armitage of the BrNAE (1901-04) because of the adventurous descent to Ferrar Glacier made here via Descent Glacier in 1902.
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