Arthur Pass

Arthur Pass, road through the Southern Alps, west-central South Island, New Zealand. At an elevation of 3,018 feet (920 metres), it is the lowest pass and the only crossing for motor traffic between the Haast and Lewis passes. It crosses a mountain ridge between peaks 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) high. The pass was the site of a temporary settlement (Camping Flat) for Maori, explorers, and miners successively since the 1850s, but it did not become...