Name details

Mount Jacklyn

Jacklyn, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Jacklyn  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1387

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A conical peak with a spur running west from the main snow slope on the north-west face. It rises about 300 m above the surrounding plateau to 1,557 m above sea level. It is the eastern-most peak of the Athos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. First visited by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by William G. Bewsher. Named after Robert M. Jacklyn, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson in 1956. Altitude and coordinates are at western end of mountain.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 16' 14.8" S
-70.27078°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
65° 47' 19.7" E
65.78881°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
1557 m
Accurate to 50m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
AADC Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS158 - Mount Jacklyn)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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