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Wondered what "col" really stands for/means?
-- Tom McMath (tom_mcmath@yahoo.com), December 17, 2000
If you mean "col" as in Washing Col, it is short for column...
-- Jim Leininger (leining@us.ibm.com), December 18, 2000.
The french definition of "col" (in the geograph. context) is "pass". (It also means "collar".)
-- Stephen Shiboski (shibosk@itsa.ucsf.edu), December 20, 2000.
Geez, I thought everybody knew what a col is.....it's a cwm!
-- Pass the Pitons Pete (peterzabrok@home.com), December 22, 2000.