New Year Pass
New Year Pass (83°28′S 160°40′E / 83.467°S 160.667°ECoordinates: 83°28′S 160°40′E / 83.467°S 160.667°E) is a low snow pass between the Moore Mountains and Mount Weeks in Queen Elizabeth Range. This pass was used on New Year's Day, 1958, by a New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) to get from Marsh Glacier to January Col, Prince Andrew Plateau, overlooking Bowden Neve.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "New Year Pass". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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- Mountain passes of the Ross Dependency
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