Copper Col (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Copper Col (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to c. 500m E of B÷rgen Bay, Anvers Island, was roughly surveyed by DI in 1933, when the name Copper Glacier was applied to the glacier on its SE side, in association with Copper Peak (q.v.) (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929). Ventisquero Copper (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.84). Glaciar Copper (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949). Glaciar Cobre [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.331). Glaciar del Cobre (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.3; Pierrou, 1970, p.252). Glaciar Cooper [sic], as rejected form (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.3). Following resurvey by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955, the name Copper Col was applied to the present feature (APC, 1958, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979).
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