Hammer Col

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Hammer Col (78°34′S 85°23′W / 78.567°S 85.383°W / -78.567; -85.383Coordinates: 78°34′S 85°23′W / 78.567°S 85.383°W / -78.567; -85.383) is a broad ice-covered col at 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) elevation between the south part of the Vinson Massif and the Craddock Massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The 1.5-nautical-mile (3 km) wide saddle is relatively level and visually separates the two massifs whether viewed from the east or the west.^[1]

Discovery and naming

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2006) after William R. Hammer of the Department of Geology, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, a U.S. Antarctic Program investigator of vertebrate fossils, primarily in the central Transantarctic Mountains, 1977–2003.^[1]

References

External links

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Hammer Col" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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