Jacobs Nunatak
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Jacobs Nunatak is a nunatak
on the west side of MacAlpine Hills
, just west of the head of Sylwester Glacier
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Willis S. Jacobs, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist and seismologist at South Pole Station, 1959.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
on the west side of MacAlpine Hills
MacAlpine Hills
MacAlpine Hills is a chain of mainly ice-free, bluff-type hills extending from Mount Achernar southwest along the south side of Law Glacier, to Sylwester Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ens. Kenneth D. MacAlpine, USNR. A member of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, MacAlpine was...
, just west of the head of Sylwester Glacier
Sylwester Glacier
Sylwester Glacier is a glacier, 5 miles long, flowing north between Jacobs Nunatak and MacAlpine Hills into Law Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for David L. Sylwester, United States Antarctic Research Program aurora scientist at South Pole Station, winter 1961, and Byrd...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Willis S. Jacobs, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist and seismologist at South Pole Station, 1959.