Spindrift Col
Spindrift Col is a mountain pass running through north-central Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It is located 0.5 nautical miles southeast of Spindrift Rocks, its namesake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moss Lake and Robin Peak.
Moss Lake
Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from Stygian Cove in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Robin Peak
Peak
Robin Peak is a sharply defined rocky summit which is the northernmost peak on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1954 for Gordon de Quetteville Robin of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the leader at Signy Island base in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of the island.
Sombre Lake
Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from Stygian Cove in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Spindrift Col
- Type: Pass
- Description: mountain pass on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Spindrift Col” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Spindrift Col”
- Chinese: “斯平德里弗特山口”
- German: “Spindrift Col”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Spindrift Col”
- Swedish: “Spindrift Col”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Usnea Ridge and Strombus Ridge.
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