Jennings Promontory

Jennings Promontory (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Jennings Promontory  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 7110
Name ID: 2228

Feature type: Promontory

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rock promontory on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Visited by an ANARE party in 1958 and its position fixed.Named by USACAN after Lieut. J.C. Jennings, USN, co-pilot and navigator on Operation Highjump flights in the area.

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Location

Latitude:
70° 12' 10.1" S
-70.20281°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
72° 33' 34.2" E
72.55950°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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