Jacka Glacier
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Anzac Peak and Hayter Peak.
Anzac Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Anzac Peak is a 715-metre-high volcano on the Laurens Peninsula of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean. It lies to the northwest of Mawson Peak. Despite its low elevation of just over 700 metres high, the peak and several neighbouring peaks have permanent snow and ice, like the Jacka Glacier with several icefalls.
Hayter Peak
Peak
Hayter Peak is a peak, 565 meters high, standing 400 meters west of Mount Olsen along the back of the Laurens Peninsula and at the northwest end of Heard Island.
Mount Olsen
Peak
Mount Olsen is a snow-covered peak standing 0.2 nautical miles east of Hayter Peak on Laurens Peninsula, in the northwest part of Heard Island. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laurens Peninsula and Cape Laurens.
Laurens Peninsula
Locality
Laurens Peninsula is a rugged peninsula surmounted by several ice-covered peaks that forms the northwestern part of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Cape Laurens
Locality
Cape Laurens is a cape which marks the northwestern extremity of Laurens Peninsula and Heard Island. The name was probably applied by Captain Franklin F.
Rogers Head
Locality
Rogers Head is a conspicuous headland marking the north extremity of the peninsula between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay on the north coast of Heard Island.
Jacka Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 156 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-53.00159° or 53° 0′ 6″ southLongitude
73.31724° or 73° 19′ 2″ eastElevation
156 metres (512 feet)Open location code
3JRMX8X8+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 281574835OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Jacka Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jacka Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jacka Glacier”
- Chinese: “傑卡冰川”
- German: “Jacka-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jackabreen”
- Swedish: “Jacka Glacier”
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