Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Pioneer Crossing (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pioneer Crossing (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Crossing (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 low pass across Langnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, leading from the southeast arm of Tryne Fjord to Langnes Fjord. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The feature was visited by an ANARE sledging party led by B.H. Stinear (1957), and was named to record this first known traverse of the pass.
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