Col
| Col | |||
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| Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 148 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Skilift Col (English for Skiliftsattel ) is a mountain saddle in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it lies between the Griffith and Howe Glaciers on the west side of the Watson Escarpment . It is a shortcut on the way to Mount Meeks , which towers 3 km to the northeast .
Scientists from a 1969-1970 campaign for the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the fact that some of them used a snowmobile as a ski lift .
Web links
- Ski Lift Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Col ski lift on geographic.org