Helix pass
| Helix pass | |||
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Helix Pass is a small mountain pass with north-south orientation in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It runs 6 km east-northeast of Mount Jamroga in the center of the Bowers Mountains between Mount Wodzicki in the west and the two Curphey Peaks on the east flank. The pass allows access from the head of the Carryer Glacier into the southern area of the Bowers Mountains.
Participants in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , which lasted from 1967 to 1968 , made the name. It was named after the fact that, on the first ascent, numerous turns and gradients had to be covered or overcome like a shell of snails ( Helicidae in Latin ).
Web links
- Helix Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Helix Pass on geographic.org (English)