Sledging Col
| Sledging Col | |||
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| Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 154 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Sledging Col (English for sled ride saddle ) is a mountain saddle in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains, it lies between Mount Griffith and a very low mountain on its northeast side. The mountain saddle allows access from the Scott Glacier to the head end of the Koerwitz Glacier and from there further north.
Scientists from a 1969 to 1970 campaign for the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it that after they had used it as an alternative route to the impassable west flank of the lower section of the Scott Glacier.
Web links
- Sledging Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sledging Col on geographic.org (English)