Celebration Pass
| Celebration Pass ( Scharte ) |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Commonwealth Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 172 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Celebration Pass is a mountain pass with a small pitch, the north of Mount Cyril the Beardmore Glacier to the Hood Glacier connects.
The pass was first celebrated Christmas 1959 by members of the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition (1959-1960) and named after the festivities that took place on that day .
Web links
- Celebration pass the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Celebration Pass on geographic.org (English)