Name details

Jeffries Bluff

Jeffries Bluff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Jeffries Bluff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 127072

Feature type: Bluff (2f)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The ice-covered south point of Kemp Peninsula on the Lassiter Coast, Palmer Land. The feature was photographed from the air by the USAS in Dec. 1940, surveyed by the joint RARE-FIDS sledge party in Nov. 1947 and rephotographed by the USN, 1965-67. In association with Cape Deacon (q.v.) to the NE, named by the UK-APC in 1981 after Margaret Elsa Jeffries (Mrs. George Deacon), a member of the staff of the Discovery Committee, c. 1930.

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Location

Latitude:
73° 18' 00.0" S
-73.30000°
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Longitude:
60° 13' 00.0" W
-60.21667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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