Johnson Mesa
| Johnson Mesa | ||
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 49 ′ 41 ″ S , 57 ° 55 ′ 23 ″ W | |
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The Johnson Mesa is a large mesa in the north of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . On the Ulu Peninsula, it rises north of the Abernethy Flats between Crame Col and Bibby Point on the shores of Brandy Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2006 after the geochemist Joanne S. Johnson (* 1977) of the British Antarctic Survey , whose work had led to a new methodology for discovering old ice sheets based on changes in mineral chemistry.
Web links
- Johnson Mesa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)