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Poynter Col
Poynter Col (63°49′S 59°7′W / 63.817°S 59.117°W) is a snow-filled col, over 700 m high, joining Poynter Hill and Ivory Pinnacles in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. The col is 9 nautical miles (17 km) east-southeast of Cape Kjellman. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from Hope Bay in 1948. Poynter Col was named in 1953[1] by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), by association with Poynter Hill.
This article incorporates public domain material from . Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
References edit
- ^ a b "Gazetteer: Poynter Col (UK)". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 29 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Gazetteer: Poynter Col (US)". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 29 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- Ivory Pinnacles and Poynter Col at Mapcarta — Interactive map