Jenkins Heights - Revision history

Westarctica: added peerage note

2023-12-03T17:59:28Z

added peerage note

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	The Jenkins Heights were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs, taken during the 1959–66 season. They were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Charles Jenkins, a geophysicist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Station Scientific Leader at the [[South Pole]] Station in the winter party of 1974.		The Jenkins Heights were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs, taken during the 1959–66 season. They were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Charles Jenkins, a geophysicist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Station Scientific Leader at the [[South Pole]] Station in the winter party of 1974.

			==Peerage title==
			On 3 December 2023, James D. Gibson was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Duke of Jenkins in recognition of his support of Westarctica. His Grace's title was named for this feature.

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

Westarctica: added map

2018-12-18T19:15:22Z

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			[[File:Jenkins-Heights.png\|350px\|thumb\|Map of the Jenkins Heights and surrounding geography]]
	The '''Jenkins Heights''' (74°48′S 114°20′W) are a broad [[ice]]-covered area rising over 500 meters (1,600 ft) and covering some 25 square miles (65 km2), located south of McClinton Glacier and west of Mount Bray on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		The '''Jenkins Heights''' (74°48′S 114°20′W) are a broad [[ice]]-covered area rising over 500 meters (1,600 ft) and covering some 25 square miles (65 km2), located south of McClinton Glacier and west of Mount Bray on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

			[[Ellis Ridge]] extends northeast from the Heights toward the [[Dotson Ice Shelf]]

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

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The '''Jenkins Heights''' (74°48′S 114°20′W) are a broad [[ice]]-covered area rising over 500 meters (1,600 ft) and covering some 25 square miles (65 km2), located south of McClinton Glacier and west of Mount Bray on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The Jenkins Heights were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs, taken during the 1959–66 season. They were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Charles Jenkins, a geophysicist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Station Scientific Leader at the [[South Pole]] Station in the winter party of 1974.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]