Jenkins Heights
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) with Jenkins Heights at the base of the Martin Peninsula (below) |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 48 ′ S , 114 ° 20 ′ W | |
| surface | 40 km² | |
The Jenkins Heights are up to 500 m high and 40 km² large area on the Walgreen coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . They are located south of the McClinton Glacier and west of Mount Bray on the Martin Peninsula .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them on the basis of the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after the American geophysicist Charles Jenkins of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , scientific director of the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1964.
Web links
- Jenkins Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jenkins Heights on geographic.org (English)