Hogmanay Pass
| Hogmanay Pass | |||
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| Compass direction | Northeast | southwest | |
| Pass height | 1230 m | ||
| Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 14 '42 " S , 64 ° 4' 48" W | ||
The Hogmanay Pass is a 1230 m high mountain pass in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It leads southwest of Scripps Heights from the head end of Casey Glacier to the middle section of Lurabee Glacier .
Aerial photographs by the US polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth from November 1935 were used by the US cartographer WLG Joerg for mapping purposes . Further aerial photographs were taken in 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) and in 1947 during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). A dog sled team from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey reached the pass on New Year's Eve in 1960 , on which the eponymous Scottish festival Hogmanay falls.
Web links
- Hogmanay pass the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hogmanay Pass on geographic.org (English)