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3.3.1.3 Col

A glacial col is a sharp-edged gap that forms between two cirques converging from opposite sides of a crest. This form corresponds to a mountain pass.


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Leet, L. D., S. Judson, and M. E. Kauffman.
Physical Geology.
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewoods Cliff, New Jersey, 1982.
col  Glaciated summit of Sierra Nevada 

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