Jabet Peak
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Jabet Peak (64°49′S 63°28′W / 64.817°S 63.467°WCoordinates: 64°49′S 63°28′W / 64.817°S 63.467°W) is a peak, 545 m, which marks the southwest end of the serrate ridge 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first sighted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot, who named it for Jacques Jabet, boatswain of the expedition ship Francais.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Jabet Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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