Webster Pass
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 Bear Peninsula topographic map with Webster Pass |
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| Compass direction | Northwest | southeast | |
| Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 111 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Webster Pass is a snowy mountain pass on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the center of the Bear Peninsula, it lies on the watershed between the Brush and Holt glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy in 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1978 after William O. Webster, who participated in seven campaigns of Operation Deep Freeze in the recording of meteorological and oceanographic data was.
Web links
- Webster Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Webster Pass on geographic.org (English)