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Misty Pass: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Misty Pass in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Misty Pass

Feature Class (see definition): Gap

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10077

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 59' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.9833333

Elevation (see definition): 700

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Pass, 700 m high, between the head of Broad Valley and a valley descending N to Bransfield Strait, situated 8 mi SE of Cape Ducorps on Trinity Peninsula. Mapped by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946, and so named because clouds pouring E through the pass had been noted by the survey party to herald bad weather.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Misty Pass in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Misty Pass information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Misty Pass should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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