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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Jones Valley (GBR) 83° 55' 00.0" S 56° 50' 00.0" W Valley
Name ID: 109551 Place ID: 7226

running SW from Bennett Spires, Neptune Range, towards Academy Glacier, was surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Lieut. (JG) James G.L. Jones, USN, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1958 (APC, 1974, p.4; USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969).

Jones Valley (USA) 83° 55' 00.0" S 56° 50' 00.0" W Valley
Name ID: 127166 Place ID: 7226

A snow-covered valley between West Prongs and Elliott Ridge in southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. (j.g.) James G.L. Jones, USN, a member of the Ellsworth Station winter party in 1958.

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