Quinault Pass

Quinault Pass

Quinault Pass (coord|70|49|S|69|28|W|) is a snow pass trending north-south between Lully Foothills and LeMay Range in central Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960, it was named in association with the foothills by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1977, after the French dramatist Philippe Quinault.


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