Jensen Nunatakker
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 5 ′ S , 66 ° 4 ′ W | |
The Jensen Nunatakker are a group of isolated Nunatakker in the south-central part of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . They tower 45 km northeast of Mount Vang .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Curtis M. Jensen, a glaciologist at Byrd Station from 1965 to 1966.
Web links
- Jensen Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jensen Nunataks on geographic.org (English)