Budd Pass () is a

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in the ridge that extends southwest from Budd Peak on Heard Island. The pass is southwest of Budd Peak. It was surveyed by

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(ANARE), 1948–63, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for

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, ANARE officer-in-charge on Heard Island in 1954 and leader of the 1963 ANARE Heard Island expedition.

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Mountain passes of Antarctica Landforms of Heard Island and McDonald Islands {{Subantarctic-geo-stub