Mount Jenkins
| Mount Jenkins | ||
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| height | 1705 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sweeney Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 69 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
At 1705 m, Mount Jenkins is the highest mountain in the Sweeney Mountains in the east of the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 11 km northeast of Mount Edward .
The mountain was discovered and photographed during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1961 and 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1968 after W. H. Jenkins, Hospital Corpsman at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1963.
Web links
- Mount Jenkins in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Jenkins on geographic.org (English)