The Jones Mountains are an isolated group of
mountains, trending generally east–west for 43 km (27 mi), situated on the Eights Coast,
Ellsworth Land, about 80 km (50 mi) south of
Dustin Island in
Antarctica. The charts of the USAS, 1939–41, show mountains in this approximate location and relationship to Dustin and
Thurston Islands, indicating they were sighted in the flight from the ship ''Bear'', February 27, 1940. The mountains appear in distant air photos taken by US Navy
Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
, December 30, 1946, and were observed from USN aircraft by Edward Thiel and J. Campbell Craddock, January 22, 1960.
The naming was proposed by Thiel and Craddock after Dr. Thomas O. Jones (1908–93), American chemist; senior
NSF official in charge of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program, 1958–78; Director, Division of Environmental Science, NSF, 1965–69; Deputy Assistant Director for National and International Programs, NSF, 1969–78.
The Christmas Cliffs are a set of south-facing cliffs with two prominent rock outcrops, located south-southeast of
Pillsbury Tower
The Jones Mountains are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east–west for 43 km (27 mi), situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, about 80 km (50 mi) south of Dustin Island in Antarctica. The charts of th ...
in the Jones Mountains. They were mapped by the
University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and so named by the party because the cliffs were visited on
Christmas Day of 1960.
See also
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Granite Spur
The Jones Mountains are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east–west for 43 km (27 mi), situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, about 80 km (50 mi) south of Dustin Island in Antarctica. The charts of th ...
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Greenstone Point
Greenstone Point () is a high rock spur along the north front of the Jones Mountains of Antarctica, immediately east of Austin Valley. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota – Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and so named by them becaus ...
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Intrusive Spur
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Pond Ridge
References
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Mountain ranges of Ellsworth Land
Volcanoes of Ellsworth Land
Miocene volcanoes
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