Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Jefford Point (GBR) | 64° 23' 40.0" S | 57° 43' 10.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 109518
Place ID: 7093
S coast of James Ross Island at SW end of Admiralty Sound, was roughly surveyed by SwAE in October 1902 (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316); resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1948, but the records were destroyed in the fire at the station 2months later; again surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1952 and named after Brian Jefford (1921-1994), FIDS surveyor, "Hope Bay", 1947-48, and "Admiralty Bay", 1948-49, who made the 1948 survey of the point (APC, 1958, p.5; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961). |
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| Jefford Point (USA) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 57° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 127070
Place ID: 7093
A point formed by a rock cliff surmounted by ice, located 8 mi ENE of Cape Foster on the S coast of James Ross Island. First surveyed by SwedAE, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjold. Resurveyed by FIDS in 1948, the records being lost in a fire at Hope Bay, it was surveyed again by FIDS in 1952. Named by UK-APC for Brian Jefford, FIDS surveyor at Hope Bay in 1948, and at Admiralty Bay in 1949. |
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| Jefford, punta (ARG) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 57° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101232 Place ID: 7093 | |||
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