Jacobs Peak

Jacobs Peak

Jacobs Peak (coord|80|4|S|157|46|E|) is a peak, 2,040 m, surmounting the north end of the ridge which stands on the west side of Ragotzkie Glacier, in the Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John D. Jacobs, U.S. exchange observer at Vostok Station in 1964.


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