Jennings Reef
| Jennings Reef | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 46 ′ S , 68 ° 49 ′ W | |
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The Jennings Reef is a mostly below sea level rock reef in the archipelago of the Adelaide and Biscoe Islands off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . The reef extends immediately south of Adelaide Island from Avian Island to the Rocca Islands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the reef in 1964 after Ronald Anthony James Jennings (* 1931), helmsman of the Royal Navy ship Quest , which was used to map this area in 1963.
Web links
- Jennings Reef in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jennings Reef on geographic.org (English)