McCallum Pass
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McCallum Pass () is a pass between the northeast ridge of Mount Mangin and the ridge on the south side of
Stonehouse Bay Stonehouse Bay () is a bay in Antarctica on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord, indenting the east coast of Adelaide Island between Hunt Peak and Sighing Peak. The bay is 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide. It was first sighted and surveyed in Januar ...
, in the southern part of
Adelaide Island Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mount ...
, Antarctica. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1963 for Hugh C.G. McCallum (b.1937) of the
British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
, who with A. Crouch first traversed the pass in 1961.


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Mountain passes of Graham Land Landforms of Adelaide Island {{AdelaideIsland-geo-stub