This page presents the geographical name data for
Jackson Tooth in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Jackson Tooth
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7432
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
80° 25' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
023° 16' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-80.4166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-23.2666667
Elevation
(see definition):
1215
Decision Year
(see definition):
No data
Description
(see definition):
Nunatak rising to 1,215 m at the W end of Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Major Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938), English Arctic explorer who in 1895 designed the features of the pyramid tent, later to become standard equipment on British polar expeditions.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Jackson Tooth in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Jackson Tooth information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Jackson Tooth should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.