Webster Pass
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Webster Pass is a snow pass in central Bear Peninsula
located at the divide between Brush Glacier
and Holt Glacier
, on Walgreen Coast
, Marie Byrd Land
. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1977 after William O. Webster, U.S. Navy aerographer on seven Operation Deepfreeze deployments, including one winter.
Bear Peninsula
Bear Peninsula is a peninsula about 80 km long and 40 km wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 48 km 30 mi) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land.First delineated from aerial photographs...
located at the divide between Brush Glacier
Brush Glacier
Brush Glacier is a broad glacier in the northwest part of the Bear Peninsula, flowing west into Dotson Ice Shelf to the north of Jeffrey Head, in Marie Byrd Land. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, and...
and Holt Glacier
Holt Glacier
Holt Glacier is a broad glacier on Bear Peninsula that flows east to the sea between Grimes Ridge and Jones Bluffs, in Marie Byrd Land. First delineated by United States Geological Survey from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on...
, on Walgreen Coast
Walgreen Coast
The Walgreen Coast is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Bakutis Coast in the west, and Eights Coast. It is the easternmost part of Marie Byrd Land. It stretches from 114°12'W to 103°24'W. Eights Coast to the east is already part of Ellsworth Land...
, 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 U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966. 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) in 1977 after William O. Webster, U.S. Navy aerographer on seven Operation Deepfreeze deployments, including one winter.