January Col
| January Col | |||
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| Ross Dependency Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The January Col ( English for January saddle ) is a high mountain saddle in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it is located on the north side of Claydon Peak on the Prince Andrew Plateau .
The New Zealand group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) used this saddle in January 1958 after climbing the New Year Pass as a lookout point to get an overview of the extent of the mountains to the north and east.
Web links
- January Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- January Col on geographic.org