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Jensen Rampart () is a set of steep rock cliffs that rise to at the southwestern edge of the Worcester Range, in Antarctica. The cliffs are west of
Mount Speyer The Worcester Range is a mountain range in Antarctica standing between the Skelton and Mulock Glaciers on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antar ...
and overlook the north side of
Mulock Glacier Mulock Glacier in Antarctica is a heavily crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica.USGS Mount Discovery map sheet ST 57-60/10 It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic ...
. The feature was named after Kate Jensen, a
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field team leader at
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, who also worked for Antarctic Support Associates and for
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at South Pole.


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