to the Royal Geographical Society in 1878. In 1881 he contributed a paper to the British Association on 'Oceanic or Maritime Discovery from 1831 to 1881.' Commemoration While undertaking the survey on the Acheron, Evans pointed out the pass that now connects Sumner and Lyttelton. This pass is now known as Tapuwaeharuru / Evans Pass. Nearby, on Banks Peninsula, Mount Evans is also named after Evans. In Kaikiekie / Bradshaw Sound in Fiordland, it is likely that Evans Head is named after Evans. List of publications Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Other Publications . Full text of the fourth edition (1875) available at The Internet Archive References External links 1815 births 1885 deaths English hydrographers Fellows of the Royal Society Hydrographers of the Royal Navy Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy officers Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War