Penance Pass
| Penance Pass | |||
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| Compass direction | Shangri-la (north) | Miers Valley (south) | |
| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Denton Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Penance Pass (English for Pass of Atonement ) is a mountain pass in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the lowest and most easterly connection between the Shangri-la and the Miers Valley .
The name goes back to participants in a campaign carried out by New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions from 1960 to 1961 .
Web links
- Penance Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penance Pass on geographic.org (English)