Jacques Peaks
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 31 ′ S , 61 ° 50 ′ W | |
The Jacques Peaks are a group of up to 385 m high mountains on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise up at the northwest end of the Reclus Peninsula , of which they are the most prominent elevation.
They are first recorded on an Argentine map from 1954. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 after Greville Lawson Jacques (1924–2005), lead helicopter pilot on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955–1957), who had carried out a landing here to set up a surveying station.
Web links
- Jacques peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jacques Peaks on geographic.org (English)