Mount Jones
| Mount Jones | ||
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| height | 1260 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Jones is a 1260 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It is the northernmost elevation in the Clark Mountains belonging to the Ford Ranges .
He was discovered while flying over the West Base during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). The mountain is named after the American geographer Clarence Fielden Jones (1893–1991) from Clark University .
Web links
- Mount Jones in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Jones on geographic.org (English)