Jacobsen Head

Martin Peninsula is a peninsula about 60 nautical miles long and 20 nautical miles wide that is ice-covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between and on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
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Jacobsen Head

Latitude
-74.03333° or 74° 2′ south
Longitude
-113.58333° or 113° 35′ west
Named after
Cdr. Glen Jacobsen
Open location code
25Q8XC88+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109190543
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6635567
Wiki­data ID
Q2228565
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jacobsen Head” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Jacobsen Head
  • Chinese: 雅科布森半島
  • Chinese: 雅科布森海岬
  • French: cap Jacobsen
  • French: Cap Jacobsen
  • German: Jacobsen Head
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jacobsen Head
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jacobsen Head
  • Norwegian: Jacobsen Head
  • Swedish: Jacobsen Head

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