Benighted Pass
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Benighted Pass is a snow pass between Mount Watt
and Mount Roy
in the Barker Range
of the Victory Mountains
, Victoria Land
. The name was suggested by New Zealand
geologist M.G. Laird and derives from the forced lay-over of his field party in an emergency tent due to bad weather on the pass during 1981–82.
Mount Watt
Mount Watt is a peak, 2,715 m, located 3 nautical miles northwest of Mount Roy in the Barker Range, Victoria Land. Named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, after B.H. Watt, expedition secretary....
and Mount Roy
Mount Roy
Mount Roy is a mountain rising to 2,850 m on the south side of Benighted Pass, Barker Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Robert R. Roy, cook at Hallett Station in 1957....
in the Barker Range
Barker Range
Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for...
of the Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea...
, 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...
. The name was suggested by New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
geologist M.G. Laird and derives from the forced lay-over of his field party in an emergency tent due to bad weather on the pass during 1981–82.