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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== | ||
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]] |