Jones Peninsula
| Jones Peninsula | ||
 Map of Thurston Island with the Jones Peninsula, which is small compared to the neighboring peninsulas (center left) |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 100 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Bellingshausen lake | |
The Jones Peninsula is an icy peninsula in the northwest of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of West Antarctica Ellsworthland . It is located 8 km west of the Hughes Peninsula .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Robert H. Jones, who as navigator and second pilot of a Martin PBM Mariner in the US-American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) took part in the creation of aerial photographs of this peninsula and the surrounding stretches of coast of the Thurston Island was involved.
Web links
- Jones Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jones Peninsula on geographic.org