Jacobsen Valley

Jacobsen Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Jacobsen Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18750
Name ID: 137100

Feature type:

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The shallow valley descending northwards from Mount Vinson (4892 m), the summit of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Extending 3.5 km and 1.2 km wide. Bounded to the W by Branscomb Peak and Galicia Peak, and to the E by a minor ridge running between the E side of Mount Vinson to the S and Goodge Col to the N. Draining the valley is a glacier tributary to Branscomb Glacier, part of the classical route to the summit Mount Vinson. US mapping in 1988. Named after the Norwegian woman pioneer of Antarctica Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen (1913-1996), the first native child of the Antarctic region born in Grytviken on 8 October 1913.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 30' 30.0" S
-78.50833°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
85° 39' 00.0" W
-85.65000°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Sep-2010

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