Back Mesa
| Back Mesa | ||
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| height | 740 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 2 '12 " S , 58 ° 12' 29" W | |
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The Back Mesa is a 740 m high, ice-covered table mountain with rocky outcrops on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It rises east of Hidden Lake on the Ulu Peninsula .
Following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey between 1985 and 1986, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him after Eric Hatfield Back (1920-1999), Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and medical officer during Operation Tabarin on the stations in the port Lockroy (1943-1944) and Hope Bay (1944-1945).
Web links
- Back Mesa in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Back Mesa on geographic.org (English)