Snick Pass is a narrow pass between the Douglas and LeMay Ranges, leading from Grotto Glacier

Grotto Glacier

Grotto Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island which flows east to George VI Sound between Belemnite Point and Ablation Point. It is 25 nautical miles long, 3 nautical miles wide where it emerges from the coastal mountains, and 7 nautical miles wide at its mouth...

 to purcell Snowfield in central Alexander Island

Alexander Island

Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

. First mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. The name given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive, a snick being a small cut or incision.