Confluence Cone
| Confluence Cone | ||
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 55 '3 " S , 66 ° 37' 53" W | |
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Confluence Cone (English for union cone ) is a 500 m high and striking nunatak not far from the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6 km southeast of Sickle Mountain .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1947 during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out its survey in 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it so in 1962 because the cone-shaped nunatak is located at the confluence of several glaciers in the Hariot Glacier before its confluence with the Wordie Ice Shelf .
Web links
- Confluence Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Confluence Cone on geographic.org (English)