Jones Point
| Jones Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 39 ′ S , 62 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
The Jones Point is a headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the north of the Poblete Peninsula , the northeast of the Arctowski Peninsula , it protrudes 10 km southeast of Cape Anna into Wilhelmina Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the British aeronautical engineer Bennett Melvill Jones (1887–1975), a pioneer of cartography using aerial photography .
Web links
- Jones Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jones Point on geographic.org (English)