Hawes Col
Hawes Col | |||
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Compass direction | west | east | |
Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |||
Mountains | Gneiss Hills | ||
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Coordinates | 60 ° 43 '32 " S , 45 ° 38' 32" W |
The Hawes Col is a mountain pass on Signy Island in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands . In the Gneiss Hills it lies between the North Gneiss and the South Gneiss .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1947 and 1950. Aerial photographs were taken in 1968 by the Royal Navy . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2004. It is named after Ian Hawes, limnologist for the British Antarctic Survey on Signy Island in 1979, 1980 and 1984.
Web links
- Hawes Col in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)