Feeney Col
| Feeney Col | |||
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| Pass height | 970 m | ||
| Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |||
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Feeney Col is a 970 m high altitude mountain pass in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains , on the northeast side of Feeney Peak , it offers a steep ascent and descent through the Medina Peaks .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. Scientists in a campaign from 1969 to 1970 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition used it as a route and named it afterwards to the naming of Feeney Peak. It is named after the American Robert Earl Feeney (1913–2006), a biologist at McMurdo Station in several summer campaigns between 1964 and 1969.
Web links
- Feeney Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Feeney Col on geographic.org (English)