Bridge pass
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) with the Bridge Pass (center) |
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 81 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Bridge Pass is a high mountain pass in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It lies between the Surveyors Range and the Nash Range in the Transantarctic Mountains on the upper sections of the Dickey and Algie Glaciers . The pass allows access from the Nimrod Glacier Region to Beaumont Bay .
Participants in a campaign from 1960 to 1961 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Captain Lawrence Drake Bridge († 1973) of the Royal New Zealand Engineers , head of Scott Base from November 1960 to February 1961.
Web links
- Bridge Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bridge Pass on geographic.org (English)