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Relief Pass () is a pass, about 1,000 m high, situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Bastion Hill in the
Brown Hills The Brown Hills () are a group of mainly snow-free hills in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. Location The Brown Hills lie north of the lower reaches of Darwin Glacier. They are north of Diamond Hill and are adjacent to Diamond Glacier, a d ...
. Explored by the
Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research " Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global cl ...
(VUWAE), 1962–63, and so named by its members because of the relief it provided after ascent to this pass.


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