Dakota Pass
| Dakota Pass | |||
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| Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Dakota Pass is a low mountain pass in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains , it runs east of the Peletier Plateau .
Participants in a campaign from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition made the name. It is named after a Dakota R4D aircraft , whose target area included the pass during a reconnaissance flight.
Web links
- Dakota Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dakota Pass on geographic.org (English)