Jones Peak
| Jones Peak | ||
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| height | 3670 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 172 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Jones Peak is a largely ice-free and 3670 m high mountain peaks in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises at the head of the DeGanahl Glacier and 8 km west-northwest of Mount Fisher in the Prince Olav Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after John M. Jones, a member of the Polar Research Committee of the National Academy of Sciences between 1957 and 1963.
Web links
- Jones Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jones Peak on geographic.org (English)