Name details

Jonkers Mesa

Jonkers Mesa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Jonkers Mesa (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 135276

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Lobed, NE-SW aligned mesa about 8 km long between Ekelöf Point and Cape Gage. Height c. 350-450 m.a.s.l. Capped by three contiguous snow domes that are diminishing in size. Named after Dr Hendrik Albert Jonkers (b.1952); BAS palaeontologist and expert in Antarctic Pectinid fossils.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

64° 11' 12.0" S

-64.18667°

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Longitude:

57° 09' 30.0" W

-57.15833°

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Altitude:

400 m

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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

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Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

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Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

15-Nov-1906

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