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Joyce Peak
Joyce Peak (-77.46667°N, 168.2°W) is a peak rising to over 1400 m in the N-central part of Ross Island. It stands west of the main summits of Giggenbach Ridge and 5.3 m south-southeast of Wyandot Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Karen Joyce, a long-term ASA employee, who from 1990 made 10 deployments to McMurdo Station, including a winter-over; assisted with computers in the Crary Science and Engineering Center.

Lake Joyce
Lake Joyce (-77.71667°N, 161.61667°W) is a lake which lies along the northern side of Taylor Glacier in Pearse Valley, Victoria Land. It is 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, 140 ft deep and is covered by 22 ft of very clear ice. The lake was studied by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1963-64) which named it after Ernest Joyce, a member of earlier British expeditions to the area led by Scott (1901-04) and Shackleton (1907-09).

Mount Joyce
Mount Joyce (-75.6°N, 160.81667°W) is a prominent, dome-shaped mountain, 1,830 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of Mount Howard in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, which named it for Ernest Joyce who was in charge of general stores, dogs, sledges, and zoological collections with the expedition and who had earlier been with the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. Joyce was also with the Ross Sea Party of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17.

Jubilee Peak
Jubilee Peak (-61.13333°N, -54.03333°W) is a peak rising to about 500 m at north end of Clarence Island, west of Cape Lloyd, in the South Shetland Islands. Following the ascent of the peak by a JSEEIG party, February 2, 1977, it was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in honor of the Silver Jubilee year of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Judas Rock
Judas Rock (-63.86667°N, -61.11667°W) is a rock, which is awash, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of the southwest end of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 because the rock marks the south extremity of a shoal area which extends northward from it for 3 nautical miles (6 km) in an otherwise clear passage.

Mount Judd
Mount Judd (-85.06667°N, 170.43333°W) is a prominent bare rock mountain, over 2,400 m, surmounting the ridge running north from Mount White in the Supporters Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert C. Judd, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1964, and Hallett Station, 1964-65 summer season.

Judith Glacier
Judith Glacier (-80.48333°N, 158.81667°W) is a glacier about 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Hamilton northeastward to enter Byrd Glacier just east of Mount Tuatara. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander J.H. Judith, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of the Edisto during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1964.

Juergens Island
Juergens Island (-77.88333°N, 165.03333°W) is an island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of West Dailey Island in the Dailey Islands, McMurdo Sound. Named after Eric D. Juergens of ASA, co-manager of a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) project to clean up Antarctic waste sites beginning in 1991; director of safety, environment, and health activities, 1992-99, with heightened emphasis on environmental protection. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Jukkola
Mount Jukkola (-71.85°N, -64.63333°W) is a sharp, pyramidal peak, or nunatak, at the south-central margin of the Guthridge Nunataks, in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Lloyd A. Jukkola, CEC, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge of Palmer Station in 1973.

Jule Peaks
Jule Peaks (-72.38333°N, -5.55°W) is a small group of isolated peaks about 35 nautical miles (60 km) west-northwest of Borg Mountain in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Juletoppane (the Christmas peaks).

Cape Jules
Cape Jules (-66.73333°N, 140.91667°W) is a rocky cape with a small cove along its north end, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Zelee Glacier Tongue. Discovered and named by the French expedition under d'Urville, 1837-40. Jules is the given name of the discoverer, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, as well as his son. The area was charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912-13, and again by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) in 1931, both under Mawson. The French Antarctic Expedition under Barre established astronomical control at this locality in 1951.

Jumbo Cove
Jumbo Cove (-54.16667°N, -36.55°W) is a cove 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI personnel during the period 1926-30.

Mount Jumper
Mount Jumper (-78.23333°N, -85.6°W) is a mountain (2,890 m) located 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Mount Viets in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. Jesse T. Jumper, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Cape Juncal
Cape Juncal (-62.98333°N, -56.46667°W) is a prominent cape forming the northwest extremity of D'Urville Island, in the Joinville Island group. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957 and was applied in remembrance of the Argentine naval victory of 1827 at the island of Juncal.

Junction Corner
Junction Corner (-66.5°N, 94.68333°W) is the junction point of the mainland with the west side of Shackleton Ice Shelf. Discovered and named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, under Mawson.

Junction Knob
Junction Knob (-77.6°N, 161.65°W) is a descriptive name given by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) to a small but distinctive peak at the junction of Odin Glacier and Alberich Glacier neve areas in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land.

Junction Spur
Junction Spur (-79.88333°N, 157.48333°W) is a rocky spur marking the eastern extremity of the Darwin Mountains and the junction of the Hatherton and Darwin Glaciers. Mapped and named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Junction Valley
Junction Valley (-54.28333°N, -36.53333°W) is a valley sloping eastward from Echo Pass to Hestesletten on the west side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. The name Junction Valley was originally applied by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, to a valley joining Cumberland East Bay with Cumberland West Bay. The summit of this valley was later named Echo Pass. The original name has therefore been restricted to the east valley; Sphagnum Valley has been applied to the western part.

June Island
June Island (-68.13333°N, -67.11667°W) is an island in the Debenham Islands lying close southwest of Audrey Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, who named it for a daughter of Frank Debenham, member of the BGLE Advisory Committee. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

June Nunatak
June Nunatak (-85.23333°N, -169.48333°W) is the central of three nunataks in mid-stream of the upper Liv Glacier, standing about 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Wells, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Harold June, aviator and engineer on the South Pole flight of R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929.

Mount June
Mount June (-76.26667°N, -145.11667°W) is a mountain 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Mount Paige in the Phillips Mountains of the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in December 1929, and named for Harold Island June, airplane pilot with the expedition.

Jungk Hill
Jungk Hill (-78.2°N, 166.43333°W) is a mostly ice-free hill 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km) northeast of Mount Aurora on Black Island, Ross Archipelago. Named after Robert A. Jungk of ASA, engaged in development and expansion of Black Island communication systems for several years beginning in 1989; ASA project engineer for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Unattended Satellite Earth Station which became operational in 1995.

Juno Peaks
Juno Peaks (-71.96667°N, -69.78333°W) is a two steep-sided nunataks with a small rock to the west, forming part of an east-west ridge 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Mimas Peak, in southern Alexander Island. Mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after one of the asteroids lying between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Jupiter Amphitheatre
Jupiter Amphitheatre (-71.56667°N, 161.85°W) is a steep-walled valley of great beauty in eastern Morozumi Range. The valley is occupied by a glacier and is entered between Sickle Nunatak and Mount Van Veen. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. The name was applied by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) during the 1967-68 season.

Jupiter Glacier
Jupiter Glacier (-70.95°N, -68.5°W) is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide at its mouth, which flows east into George VI Sound to the south of Ablation Valley. First photo from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). Named for the planet Jupiter by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their surveys in 1948 and 1949.

Jurassic Nunatak
Jurassic Nunatak (-74.33333°N, -73.06667°W) is a small nunatak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northeast of Triassic Nunatak in the Yee Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after the Jurassic Period in geological time and in association with Triassic Nunatak. The name does not imply the age of the rock constituting this feature.

Jurien Island
Jurien Island (-63.53333°N, -59.81667°W) is a small island lying north of Cape Leguillou, the north tip of Tower Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was first charted and named by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville on March 4, 1838. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Jurva Point
Jurva Point (-65.83333°N, -65.81667°W) is the extremity of a small peninsula forming the southeast end of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Risto Jurva, Finnish oceanographer and pioneer in sea ice studies.

Justa Peak
Justa Peak (-54.16667°N, -36.56667°W) is a peak, 495 m, lying southwest of Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

Mount Justman
Mount Justman (-84.58333°N, -172.93333°W) is a mountain (740 m) along the edge of Ross Ice Shelf, standing in the north part of Gabbro Hills, midway between Olliver Peak and Mount Roth. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander L.G. Justman, U.S. Navy, Assistant Ship Operations Officer on the Staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1964.

Jutland Glacier
Jutland Glacier (-71.91667°N, 166.2°W) is a broad tributary glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. It drains northwest from a common divide with Midway Glacier to join the flow of the Greenwell Glacier northwest of Boss Peak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE which explored the area, 1962-63, to continue the sequence of features in the vicinity named after famous battles.

Jutulgryta Crevasses
Jutulgryta Crevasses (-71.26667°N, 0.45°W) is a crevasse field about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, at the east side of the mouth of Jutulstraumen Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Jutulgryta (the giant's caldron).

Jutulhogget Peak
Jutulhogget Peak (-72.03333°N, 2.85°W) is a high peak in the eastern ridge of Jutulsessen Mountain, in the Gjelsvik Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1958-59) and named Jutulhogget.

Jutulplogsla Crevasses
Jutulplogsla Crevasses (-72.46667°N, -1.58333°W) is a crevasse field half-way up Jutulstraumen Glacier, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Nashornet Mountain, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Jutulplogsla (the giant's plowed field).

Jutulrora Mountain
Jutulrora Mountain (-72.25°N, -0.45°W) is a prominent mountain 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Straumsvola Mountain in the west part of the Sverdrup Mountains, overlooking the east side of Jutulstraumen Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Remapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Jutulrora (the giant's pipe).

Jutulsessen Mountain
Jutulsessen Mountain (-72.03333°N, 2.68333°W) is a large mountain rising to 2,370 m, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Terningskarvet Mountain in the Gjelsvik Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-1939). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Jutulsessen (the giant's seat).

Jutulstraumen Glacier
Jutulstraumen Glacier (-71.58333°N, -0.5°W) is a large glacier in Queen Maud Land, about 120 nautical miles (220 km) long, draining northward to the Fimbul Ice Shelf between the Kirwan Escarpment, Borg Massif and Ahlmann Ridge on the west and the Sverdrup Mountains on the east. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Jutulstraumen (the giant's stream).