South Pass

American  

noun

1. a mountain pass in SW Wyoming, cutting through the Rocky Mountains at the S of the Wind River range: part of the Oregon Trail.

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Example Sentences

North Carolina is a “haven where patients can access abortion even as politicians throughout the south pass dozens of restrictions attacking fundamental rights,” Nancy Northup, who leads the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement.

From Washington Post

The view up South Pass from atop the Port Eads lighthouse was one I had carried in my mind’s eye for more than 10 years; I knew from maps that a lighthouse was there, and if I could somehow get to it and climb it, I would capture the view I wanted.

From New York Times

Port Eads, sitting at the end of South Pass, 12 miles below Pilottown, was a bustling resort in the late 1800s, and the main commercial entrance into the river, made possible by jetties built at the mouth of the pass by James Buchanan Eads.

From New York Times

It was wearing a radio collar and was last recorded Feb. 12 around South Pass in west-central Wyoming.

From Washington Times

Officials say 85-year-old Rev. Donald Tabb was headed out to fish with two friends near Port Eads and South Pass when a large wave capsized their 27-foot boat.

From Seattle Times