Mount Jason
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 View from Wright Valley to Bull Pass (center) and neighboring Mount Jason (left) |
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| height | 1929 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Jason is a 1929 m high mountain in Victoria Land, East Antarctica . It rises immediately west of the Bull Pass in the Olympus Range .
Participants in a 1958 to 1959 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after Jason , a hero from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Mount Jason in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Jason on geographic.org (English)