Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Relief Pass (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Relief Pass (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Pass
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A pass in the Brown Hills on the north of Bastion Hill, crossing from Touchdown Glacier in the west to a lobe of Darwin Glacier in the east. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MN06
Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63) and so named by the members of the expedition because of the relief it provided after ascent to this pass.
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