Parker Pass
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| Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |||
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 142 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Parker Pass is a wide and icy mountain pass on the Ruppert coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It runs on the south side of Zuncich Hill and leads from the head end of the Siemiatkowski Glacier to the firn area southwest of the El Sayed Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Dana C. Parker (1933-1969), geophysicist with the United States Antarctic Research Program at McMurdo Station from 1967 to 1968.
Web links
- Parker pass the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parker Pass on geographic.org (English)