Vapor Col
| Vapor Col ( mountain saddle ) |
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 Map of Deception Island with the Vapor Col (left) |
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| Compass direction | southwest | Northeast | |
| height | 150 m | ||
| Deception Island , South Orkney Islands | |||
| Mountains | Stonethrow Ridge | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 58 '36 " S , 60 ° 43' 42" W | ||
The Vapor Col (English for steam saddle ) is a 150 m high mountain saddle in the west of Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is south of Stonethrow Ridge .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the plumes of steam emerging from the fumaroles located here . The saddle is the only point of access for assessing the volcanic sequence on Deception Island.
Web links
- Vapor Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vapor Col on geographic.org (English)