Kerick Col
| Kerick Col | |||
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| Pass height | 150 m | ||
| James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 5 '0 " S , 58 ° 24' 21" W | ||
The Kerick Col is a turn 150 m high pass in the western part of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It runs in a north-south direction between Gin Cove and Rum Cove . To the east it is flanked by the Crisscross Crags .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the pass in 1983 after the seal hunter Kerick Booterin in Rudyard Kipling's story The White Seal from The Jungle Book from 1894.
Web links
- Kerick Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kerick Col on geographic.org (English)