Descent Pass
Briggs Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill, 1,210 metres high, standing on the south side of Ferrar Glacier between Descent Glacier and Overflow Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.- Mountain saddle with an elevation of around 1,200 metres (3,920 feet)
- Description: mountain pass in Antarctica
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Briggs Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill, 1,210…
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Briggs Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill, 1,210…
Descent Pass
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.85732° or 77° 51′ 26″ south
Longitude
163.00715° or 163° 0′ 26″ east
Open location code
2VJ542V4+3V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Descent Pass” goes by many names.
Descent PassCebuano
Descent PassNorwegian
Descent PassNorwegian Bokmål
Descent PassNorwegian Nynorsk
Descent PassSwedish
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