Vortex Col
| Vortex Col | |||
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| Compass direction | Southeast ( polar plateau ) | Northwest ( Upper Wright Glacier ) | |
| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Asgard Range ( Transantarctic Mountains ) | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Vortex Col (English for vertebral saddle ) is a mountain pass in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the western Asgard Range it leads from the polar plateau to the southern flank of the Upper Wright Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee made the descriptive naming. It is named after the fact that the snow-laden clouds that have been driven up from the polar plateau are whirled around like a funnel under the distraction of Mount Fleming .
Web links
- Vortex Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vortex Col on geographic.org (English)