Jones Point (Antarctica)

Jones Point (64°39′S 62°18′W / 64.650°S 62.300°W / -64.650; -62.300Coordinates: 64°39′S 62°18′W / 64.650°S 62.300°W / -64.650; -62.300) is a point within Wilhelmina Bay, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Pelseneer Island and 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Cape Anna on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Sir Bennett M. Jones, FRS, author of Aerial Surveying by Rapid Methods, a pioneer work on the subject.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Jones Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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