Minotaur Pass
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dipboye Cirque and Apollo Peak.
Dipboye Cirque
Valley
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Apollo Peak
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Electra, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Labyrinth and Prentice Plateau.
Labyrinth
Locality
Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Labyrinth is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition because the eroded dolerite of which it is formed gives an appearance of a labyrinth.
Prentice Plateau
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Minotaur Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,600 metres
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.49852° or 77° 29′ 55″ southLongitude
160.84713° or 160° 50′ 50″ eastElevation
1,600 metres (5,249 feet)Named after
MinotaurOpen location code
2VJ2GR2W+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 11054014847OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
6638176Wikidata ID
Q6869378
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Satellite Map
Discover Minotaur Pass from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Minotaur Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Minotaur Pass”
- German: “Minotaur Pass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Minotaur Pass”
- Swedish: “Minotaur Pass”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dais and Linnaeus Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt Electra and Leibert Cirque.
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