Jensen Rampart
| Jensen Rampart | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Worcester Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 52 ′ S , 160 ° 8 ′ E | |
The Jensen Rampart is a steep cliff up to 1600 m high in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . The formation rises on the southwestern edge of the Worcester Range at a distance of 10 km west of Mount Speyer above the northern flank of the Mulock Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 2001 after Kate Jensen, head of a team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station , who also worked there for the companies Antarctic Support Associates and Raytheon Polar Services .
Web links
- Jensen Rampart in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jensen Rampart on geographic.org (English)