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Hammer Col (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hammer Col (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A broad ice-covered col at 3800 m elevation between the S part of Vinson Massif and the Craddock Massif in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. The 1.5-mile wide col is relatively level and visually separates the two massifs whether viewed from the east or the west. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after William R. Hammer, Department of Geology, Augustana College, Rockford, IL, USAP investigator of vertebrate fossils, primarily in the central Transantarctic Mountains, 1977-2003.
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