Jeffries Peak
| Jeffries Peak | ||
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| height | 950 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 42 ′ 16 ″ S , 61 ° 57 ′ 52 ″ W | |
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The Jeffries peak is approximately 950 m high mountain on the Danco Coast to the west of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises south of Wilhelmina Bay between the Leonardo and Blanchard glaciers .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in the years from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1960 after the US-American physician and aviation pioneer John Jeffries (1744-1819), the 1785 together with Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard , the first crossing of the English Channel in a balloon succeeded.
Web links
- Jeffries Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jeffries Peak on geographic.org (English)