Mount Jackson (Antarctica)

Mount Jackson (Mount Andrew Jackson and Mount Ernest Gruening) is a mountain that dominates the upland of the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula. ^[1]

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1. 37 relations: Adelaide Island, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Andrew Jackson, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, Antártica (commune), Argentine Antarctica, Black Coast, Blockfield, British Antarctic Survey, British Antarctic Territory, Byrd Station, Charles Wilkes, Cirque, Digital elevation model, Dog sled, Dyer Plateau, Ernest Gruening, Icefall, John Crabbe Cunningham, Martin Van Buren, Moraine, Mount Hope (Palmer Land), Mountain, Odom Inlet, Palmer Land, President of the United States, Scree, Snyder Peninsula, Stonington Island, Territory of Alaska, United States Antarctic Program, United States Exploring Expedition, United States Geological Survey, Welch Mountains.

2. Mountains of Palmer Land

Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Mount Jackson (Antarctica) and Adelaide Island are Argentine Antarctica and British Antarctic Territory.

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Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. Mount Jackson (Antarctica) and Antarctic Peninsula are Argentine Antarctica and British Antarctic Territory.

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Antártica (commune)

Antártica is a Chilean commune in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, which covers all the Chilean Antarctic Territory (the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile).

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Argentine Antarctica

Argentine Antarctica (Antártida Argentina or) is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory.

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Black Coast

Black Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Boggs and Cape Mackintosh.

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Blockfield

A blockfieldWhittow, John (1984).

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. Mount Jackson (Antarctica) and British Antarctic Survey are British Antarctic Territory.

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British Antarctic Territory

The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories, of which it is by far the largest by area.

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Byrd Station

The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica.

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Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer.

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Cirque

A (from the Latin word) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Digital elevation model

A digital elevation model (DEM) or digital surface model (DSM) is a 3D computer graphics representation of elevation data to represent terrain or overlaying objects, commonly of a planet, moon, or asteroid.

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Dog sled

A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow.

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Dyer Plateau

Dyer Plateau is a broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the north by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the south by the Gutenko Mountains.

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Ernest Gruening

Ernest Henry Gruening (February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician.

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Icefall

An icefall is a portion of certain glaciers characterized by relatively rapid flow and chaotic crevassed surface, caused in part by gravity.

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John Crabbe Cunningham

John Crabbe Cunningham (1927 – 31 January 1980) was a Scottish climber.

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Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren (Maarten van Buren; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841.

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Moraine

A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.

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Mount Hope (Palmer Land)

Mount Hope is a mountain rising to, forming the central and highest peak of the Eternity Range in northern Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, a part of the British Antarctic Territory (with unrecognised claims by Chile and Argentina), over twice the size of Cerro Vinciguerra, the highest mountain from the Argentinian side of Tierra del Fuego. Mount Jackson (Antarctica) and mount Hope (Palmer Land) are mountains of Palmer Land.

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Mountain

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.

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Odom Inlet

Odom Inlet is an ice-filled inlet long, between Cape Howard and Cape MacDonald along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.

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Palmer Land

Palmer Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. Mount Jackson (Antarctica) and Palmer Land are British Antarctic Territory.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Scree

Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall.

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Snyder Peninsula

Snyder Peninsula is a high, ice-covered peninsula on the south side of Lamplugh Inlet terminating in Cape Howard, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.

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Stonington Island

Stonington Island is a rocky island lying northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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Territory of Alaska

The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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United States Exploring Expedition

The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Welch Mountains

Welch Mountains is a group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to, located north of Mount Jackson on the east margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land, Antarctica.

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See also

Mountains of Palmer Land

• Bates Peak
• Berry Massif
• Boreas Peak
• Bristly Peaks
• Brodie Peak
• Creswick Peaks
• Enigma Peak
• Föhn Bastion
• Flinders Peak
• Garcie Peaks
• Goward Peak
• McHugo Peak
• Messent Peak
• Mirnyy Peak
• Morrill Peak
• Mount Allan (Antarctica)
• Mount Alpheratz
• Mount Balfour (Antarctica)
• Mount Castro
• Mount Courtauld
• Mount Crooker
• Mount Dixey
• Mount Eissinger
• Mount Eubanks
• Mount Flower
• Mount Hope (Palmer Land)
• Mount Jackson (Antarctica)
• Mount Lepus
• Mount Markab
• Mount Martine
• Mount Monique
• Mount Noel (Antarctica)
• Mount Pitman
• Mount Rigel
• Mount Tenniel
• Mount Ward (Antarctica)
• Orion Massif
• Overton Peak
• Owen Peak
• Renner Peak
• Schenck Peak
• Schneider Peak
• Scorpio Peaks
• Scripps Heights
• Steeple Peaks
• Thuma Peak
• Webb Peak (Palmer Land)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Jackson_(Antarctica)

Also known as Davis Ridge, Mount Van Buren, Musson Nunatak, Swarsen Nunatak.

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