Jeffries Point

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Jeffries Point
Geographical location
Jeffries Point (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
Jeffries Point
Coordinates 59 ° 28 ′  S , 27 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 59 ° 28 ′  S , 27 ° 10 ′  W
location Cook Island ( South Sandwich Islands )
Waters South Atlantic

The Jeffries Point is a headland of Cook Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It is located west-southwest of Longton Point on the south coast of the island.

Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in 1930 and named it after Margaret Elsa Deacon (née Jeffries, 1903-1966), who was on the staff of the British Discovery Investigations in the 1930s.

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