Poynter Col

Poynter Col (63°49′S 59°7′W) is a snow-filled col, over 700 m high, joining Poynter Hill and Ivory Pinnacles in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. The col is 9 nautical miles (17 km) east-southeast of Cape Kjellman. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from Hope Bay in 1948. Poynter Col was named in 1953[1] by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), by association with Poynter Hill.

  • Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory ID: 110699[1]
  • United States Gazetteer ID: 130323 [2]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Poynter Col". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

References
  1. "Gazetteer: Poynter Col (UK)". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. "Gazetteer: Poynter Col (US)". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 29 August 2015.


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