Thrinaxodone Col
| Thrinaxodon Col ( mountain saddle ) |
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| Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Cumulus Hills in the Queen Maud Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Thrinaxodon Col is a rocky mountain pass in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cumulus Hills of the Queen Maud Mountains, it lies in the middle of a ridge that extends south from Rougier Hill .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named this saddle in 1971 at the suggestion of geologist David H. Elliot of the Institute for Polar Research at Ohio State University . It is named after the fossils of the Thrinaxodon , a mammal-like genus of extinct therapsids that were found here.
Web links
- Thrinaxodon Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thrinaxodon Col on geographic.org (English)