Coldblow Col
| Coldblow Col | |||
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| Compass direction | Echo Mountain | Cragsman Peaks | |
| Pass height | 300 m | ||
| Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |||
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 37 ′ 59 ″ S , 45 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ W | ||
The Coldblow Col (English for Kaltwindpass ) is a snowy mountain pass of 300 m height on Coronation Island in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands . It runs between Echo Mountain and the Cragsman Peaks .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyed the mountain pass in 1950. It was named after the fact that the tent of a FIDS team was torn down in a storm in September 1948 .
Web links
- Coldblow Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coldblow Col on geographic.org (English)