Eddy Col
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Eddy Col () is a steep-sided rocky col between Mount Taylor and
Blade Ridge Blade Ridge () is a sharp rock ridge marked by three peaks, the highest at , forming the northwest wall of Depot Glacier near the head of Hope Bay, in the northeast part of Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, ...
, southwest of the head of
Hope Bay Hope Bay (Spanish: ''Bahía Esperanza'') on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. It is the site of the Argentinian Antarctic settlement Esperanza Base, established i ...
on
Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...
. It was surveyed in 1955 by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic o ...
, who applied the descriptive name; the wind direction varies continually in this col.


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