Jones Channel
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Jones Channel is an ice-filled channel, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 1 to 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying between Blaiklock Island
and the south part of Arrowsmith Peninsula
and connecting Bourgeois Fjord
with the head of Bigourdan Fjord
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. Named for Harold D. Jones, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) airplane mechanic at Stonington Island
, 1947–49, who was a member of the FIDS party which discovered, surveyed, and sledged through this channel in 1949.
Blaiklock Island
Blaiklock Island is a high and rugged, irregular-shaped island long, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord. It is separated from Pourquoi Pas Island by The Narrows and from the west coast of Graham Land by Jones Channel. The feature was partially surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham...
and the south part of Arrowsmith Peninsula
Arrowsmith Peninsula
Arrowsmith Peninsula is a cape about long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for...
and connecting Bourgeois Fjord
Bourgeois Fjord
Bourgeois Fjord is an inlet, long in a northeast–southwest direction and wide, lying between the east sides of Pourquoi Pas Island and Blaiklock Island and the west coast of Graham Land. It separates Loubet Coast to the north from Fallières Coast to the south...
with the head of Bigourdan Fjord
Bigourdan Fjord
Bigourdan Fjord is a sound, long in an east-west direction and averaging wide, lying between Pourquoi Pas Island and the southwest part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and...
, off the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. Named for Harold D. Jones, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) airplane mechanic at Stonington Island
Stonington Island
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1 mile northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Stonington Island is located at . Stonington Island, 0.4 miles long from northwest to southeast and 0.2 miles wide formerly connected by a drifted snow...
, 1947–49, who was a member of the FIDS party which discovered, surveyed, and sledged through this channel in 1949.