Forrest Pass is a broad ice-filled pass between Mount Bursey

Mount Bursey

Mount Bursey is a broad, ice-covered mountain, high, which forms the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service on aerial flights in 1940, and named for Jacob Bursey, member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and...

, in the Flood Range

Flood Range

The Flood Range is an Antarctic range of large snow-covered mountains extending in an E-W direction for about 96 km and forming a right angle with the southern end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land....

, and the southern elevations of the Ames Range

Ames Range

The Ames Range is an Antarctic range of snow-covered, flat-topped, steep-sided mountains, extending in a N-S direction for 32 km and forming a right angle with the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land....

 in Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for Robert B. Forrest, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist with the Byrd Station Traverse of 1962-63.