Benighted Pass
| Benighted Pass | |||
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| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Benighted Pass ( English ) is a snowy mountain pass in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It runs in the Barker Range of the Victory Mountains between Mount Watt and Mount Roy .
The name goes back to the New Zealand geologist Malcom Laird. He named him after the fact that his team had to set up camp here in a research campaign that lasted from 1981 to 1982 "surprised by the night" (English benighted ).
Web links
- Benighted Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Benighted Pass on geographic.org (English)