Safety Col
| Safety Col | |||
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| Compass direction | North ( Neny Fjord ) | South ( Rymill Bay ) | |
| Pass height | 185 m | ||
| Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 19 ′ 20 ″ S , 66 ° 57 ′ 9 ″ W | ||
The Safety Col ( English for security pass is) a snowy mountain pass of 185 m height at the Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs on the Gabriel Peninsula between the Red Rock Ridge and the Blackwall Mountains .
It was first measured in 1936 by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out another survey between 1948 and 1949. The name of the pass comes from the fact that it is a safe route for dog sledding between the Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay when the path around the Gabriel Peninsula is cut off by open water.
Web links
- Safety Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Safety Col on geographic.org (English)