Forrest Pass () is a broad ice-filled pass between

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

, in the

Flood Range The Flood Range () is an Antarctic range of large snow-covered mountains extending in an E-W direction for about 96 km (60 mi) and forming a right angle with the southern end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd ...

, and the southern elevations of the

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 (20 mi) and forming a right angle with the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land. They were di ...

in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the 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, ...

from surveys and

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert B. Forrest, a

United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...

photogrammetrist, surveyor and Principal Investigator for a

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...

Ice Movement Study, member of the Byrd Station Traverse of 1962–63.

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Mountain passes of Antarctica Landforms of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub