Jeffries Point
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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.
Web links
- Jeffries Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jeffries Point on geographic.org (English)