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Feature Name (see definition): Jones Bluffs Feature Class (see definition): Cliff Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 7636 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 46' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 20' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.7666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -110.3333333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967 Description (see definition): High, mainly snow-covered bluffs rising S of Holt Glacier in the E part of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from air photos obtained by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander S.W. Jones, USN, who piloted aircraft for magnetometry studies during Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Jones Bluffs in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jones Bluffs information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jones Bluffs should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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