Name details

Jenkins Ridge

Jenkins Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Jenkins Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 136964

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

Submarine ridge rising 300 m above the surrounding seabed and extending across the channel beneath Pine Island Glacier from Evans Knoll in the north towards higher sea bed in the south. The feature was discovered and mapped using the UK Natural Environment Research Council?s Autosub3 autonomous underwater vehicle, on 19th January 2009. Named after Dr Adrian Jenkins, BAS glaciologist since 1985 and coordinator of ice shelf dynamics programme (APC 2010).

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Location

Latitude:
75° 10' 00.0" S
-75.16667°
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Longitude:
100° 45' 00.0" W
-100.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Mar-2010

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