Mount Jackson (Antarctica)
| Mount Jackson | ||
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 Southeast ridge of Mount Jackson |
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| height | 3184 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Dyer Plateau | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 21 '51 " S , 63 ° 24' 44" W | |
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| First ascent | November 23, 1964 John Cunningham | |
The Mount Jackson ( Spanish Monte Jackson ) is a 3184 m (according to other sources 3050 or 4190 m) high mountain in Palmer land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises at the southeast end of the Dyer Plateau . It has two peaks in the south and west, which are separated by a wide cirque that opens to the north. The mountain is also known as Mount Andrew Jackson and Mount Ernest Gruening , and is located in the Antarctic areas of Argentina , Chile and Great Britain as agreed in the Antarctic Treaty . This made it the highest mountain in an area claimed by Great Britain until 2017 . Studies published by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in 2017 showed that Mount Hope is around 50 meters higher, making it the highest mountain in the United Kingdom.
Mount Jackson was discovered during an expedition by members of the United States Antarctic Program (1939-1941) during an overflight. The discovery was later confirmed by the ground team. The name is reminiscent of Andrew Jackson , the seventh President of the United States . Jackson approved the United States Exploring Expedition led by Charles Wilkes (1838–1942).
Web links
- Mount Jackson in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 798
- ↑ Mount Andrew Jackson on Peakbagger.com (English)
- ^ "Country Profile: Antarctica". (No longer available online.) Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Nov. 2, 2009, archived from the original on March 12, 2011 ; Retrieved January 6, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b "Mount Jackson". United States Geological Survey , Geographic Names Information System , January 1, 1966, accessed January 7, 2010 .
- ↑ Jonathan Amos: Mt Hope installed as 'UK's highest peak' . BBC News , December 11, 2017.
- ↑ orf.at: Mount Hope named the highest mountain in Great Britain . Article dated December 11, 2017, accessed December 11, 2017.
