Copland Pass
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Copland Pass is a pass at about 1600 metres (5,249.3 ft) over Frostbite Spine
, the ridge between Hooker Glacier and Salient Glacier
in the Royal Society Range
, Victoria Land
. It was named after Copland Pass, New Zealand, by R.H. Findlay, leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program geological party to the area, 1981–82.
Frostbite Spine
Frostbite Spine is a prominent ridge, 5 nautical miles long, between Hooker Glacier and Salient Glacier on the east side of Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee from a proposal by R.H. Findlay, whose New Zealand Antarctic Research Program ...
, the ridge between Hooker Glacier and Salient Glacier
Salient Glacier
Salient Glacier is a glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range, draining northeast into the head of the Blue Glacier from the slopes of Salient Peak. Surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Blue Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition . Named after Salient Peak....
in the Royal Society Range
Royal Society Range
The Royal Society Range is a majestic mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Lister forms the highest point in this range. Mount Lister is located along the western shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar glaciers...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was named after Copland Pass, New Zealand, by R.H. Findlay, leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program geological party to the area, 1981–82.