Lava Tongue Pass
| Lava Tongue Pass ( notch ) |
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| region | Antarctica | ||
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains , Victoria Land | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Lava Tongue Pass ( English for Lava tongue pass ) is a mountain channel with a north-south course in the Royal Society Range of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It bisects the Radian Ridge at an altitude of 1850 m .
The New Zealand Geographic Board gave the pass its descriptive name in 1994 based on a solidified lava flow that fills the pass.
Web links
- Lava Tongue Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lava Tongue Pass on geographic.org (English)