Foggy Pass
| Foggy Pass | |||
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| Compass direction | Northeast | southwest | |
| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Concord Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Foggy Pass ( English for Nebeliger Pass ) is a mountain pass in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Concord Mountains it runs between the Leitch Massif in the north and the West and East Quartzite Ranges to the south .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1983 at the suggestion of the geologist Malcolm Gordon Laird (1935-2015). It is named after the prevailing weather conditions in this area.
Web links
- Foggy Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foggy Pass on geographic.org (English)