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Jones Mountains
The Jones Mountains (73°32′S 94°00′W / 73.533°S 94.000°W) are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east–west for 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi), situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Dustin Island.
The Jones Mountains lie to the south of the Eights Coast, south of the Abbot Ice Shelf and southeast of Thurston Island. Features of the southern part include, from west to east, Miller Crag, Sutley Peak, Walk Glacier, Forbidden Rocks and Christoffersen Heights. Features of the northern part include, from west to east, Pillsbury Tower, Bonnabeau Dome, Cache Heights, Inspiration Rocks, Gopher Glacier, Anderson Dome and Mount Loweth.
The charts of the United States Antarctic Service (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 United States Navy Operation Highjump, December 30, 1946, and were observed from United States Navy aircraft by Edward Thiel and J. Campbell Craddock on January 22, 1960. The naming was proposed by Thiel and Craddock after Dr. Thomas O. Jones (1908–93), American chemist; senior National Science Foundation (NSF) official in charge of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP), 1958–78; Director, Division of Environmental Science, NSF, 1965–69; Deputy Assistant Director for National and International Programs, NSF, 1969–78.
73°40′S 94°42′W / 73.667°S 94.700°W. A bold and conspicuous outcropping of bare rock 1,450 metres (4,760 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west-southwest of Sutley Peak in the west extremity of the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, who named it for Thomas P. Miller, geologist with the party.
73°40′S 94°37′W / 73.667°S 94.617°W. Two small rock exposures, visible from northward, situated near the crest of the ice-covered heights between Miller Crag and Sutley Peak. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for L.D. Sayen, photographer of United States Navy Squadron VX-6, who took part in photographing the Jones Mountains in January 1961.
73°40′S 94°32′W / 73.667°S 94.533°W. Small rock Peak 1,510 metres (4,950 ft) high located 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) south of Sutley Peak. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, which named it for Herbert E. Wright, Jr., glacial geologist, University of Minnesota, who was advisor to the party and visited Antarctica in the 1961-62 season.
73°39′S 94°32′W / 73.650°S 94.533°W. Rock peak 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high located just north of Wright Peak and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east-northeast of Miller Crag. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Robert M. Sutley, United States Navy, Executive Officer of Mobile Construction Battalion One on United States Navy OpDFrz 1962.
73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°W. A glacier descending westward from Christoffersen Heights, to the south of Forbidden Rocks. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Donald R. Walk, United States Navy, medical officer and officer in charge of Byrd Station, 1961.
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Jones Mountains
The Jones Mountains (73°32′S 94°00′W / 73.533°S 94.000°W) are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east–west for 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi), situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Dustin Island.
The Jones Mountains lie to the south of the Eights Coast, south of the Abbot Ice Shelf and southeast of Thurston Island. Features of the southern part include, from west to east, Miller Crag, Sutley Peak, Walk Glacier, Forbidden Rocks and Christoffersen Heights. Features of the northern part include, from west to east, Pillsbury Tower, Bonnabeau Dome, Cache Heights, Inspiration Rocks, Gopher Glacier, Anderson Dome and Mount Loweth.
The charts of the United States Antarctic Service (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 United States Navy Operation Highjump, December 30, 1946, and were observed from United States Navy aircraft by Edward Thiel and J. Campbell Craddock on January 22, 1960. The naming was proposed by Thiel and Craddock after Dr. Thomas O. Jones (1908–93), American chemist; senior National Science Foundation (NSF) official in charge of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP), 1958–78; Director, Division of Environmental Science, NSF, 1965–69; Deputy Assistant Director for National and International Programs, NSF, 1969–78.
73°40′S 94°42′W / 73.667°S 94.700°W. A bold and conspicuous outcropping of bare rock 1,450 metres (4,760 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west-southwest of Sutley Peak in the west extremity of the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, who named it for Thomas P. Miller, geologist with the party.
73°40′S 94°37′W / 73.667°S 94.617°W. Two small rock exposures, visible from northward, situated near the crest of the ice-covered heights between Miller Crag and Sutley Peak. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for L.D. Sayen, photographer of United States Navy Squadron VX-6, who took part in photographing the Jones Mountains in January 1961.
73°40′S 94°32′W / 73.667°S 94.533°W. Small rock Peak 1,510 metres (4,950 ft) high located 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) south of Sutley Peak. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, which named it for Herbert E. Wright, Jr., glacial geologist, University of Minnesota, who was advisor to the party and visited Antarctica in the 1961-62 season.
73°39′S 94°32′W / 73.650°S 94.533°W. Rock peak 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high located just north of Wright Peak and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east-northeast of Miller Crag. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Robert M. Sutley, United States Navy, Executive Officer of Mobile Construction Battalion One on United States Navy OpDFrz 1962.
73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°W. A glacier descending westward from Christoffersen Heights, to the south of Forbidden Rocks. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Donald R. Walk, United States Navy, medical officer and officer in charge of Byrd Station, 1961.