Jacobs Nunatak (84°17′S 159°38′E / 84.283°S 159.633°E / -84.283; 159.633) is a nunatak on the west side of the MacAlpine Hills, Antarctica, just west of the head of Sylwester Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Willis S. Jacobs, a United States Antarctic Research Program geomagnetist and seismologist at South Pole Station in 1959.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Jacobs Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

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