Jackson Peak is a peak, 1,255 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of
Sumrall Peak
Sumrall Peak is a peak in Antarctica, 1,130 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Rosser Ridge in the Cordiner Peaks, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air pho ...
in the
Cordiner Peaks The Cordiner Peaks are a group of peaks extending over an area of , standing southwest of Dufek Massif in the northern part of the Pensacola Mountains. They were discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956, in the course of a transcontinental ...
,
Pensacola Mountains
The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica.
Geography
They extend 450 km (280 mi) in a NE-SW direction. Subranges of th ...
in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
air photos, 1956–66. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for
Allen M. Jackson, aviation electronics technician,
Ellsworth Station
Ellsworth Scientific Station ( es, Estación Científica Ellsworth, or simply ''Estación Ellsworth'' or ''Base Ellsworth'') was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after Ame ...
winter party, 1957.
Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land
Pensacola Mountains
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