Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Welcome Pass (GBR) | 82° 35' 00.0" S | 52° 45' 00.0" W | Pass |
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Name ID: 111877
Place ID: 15871
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). |
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| Welcome Pass (USA) | 82° 35' 00.0" S | 52° 45' 00.0" W | Pass |
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Name ID: 133552
Place ID: 15871
A snow pass between Cairn Ridge and Czamanske Ridge, providing access to Tranquillity Valley in the Dufek Massif (q.v.), Pensacola Mountains. Named from association with Tranquillity Valley; also because during the 1976-77 season, Arthur B. Ford and Willis H. Nelson, of USGS, on discovery of a SovAE helicopter cache left here the previous summer, left a note of welcome to the Dufek Massif for the SovAE party leader, Garrik Grikurov. |
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