Cape Jeremy is a

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marking the east side of the north entrance to

George VI Sound George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/ fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf. It ...

and the west end of a line dividing

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 an ...

and Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Graham Land expedition, 1934–37, under

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, who named it for Jeremy Scott, son of

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, who served as home agent for the expedition and was formerly a member of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition.

Nogal de Saldán Refuge

Nogal de Saldán Refuge () is an Argentine Antarctic refuge located south east of Cape Jeremy, on the

Fallières Coast The Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf. On the south it is joined by Rymill Coast, and in the north ...

. It is administered by the

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and depends on the San Martín Base, which is to the north. Gustavo Adolfo Giró Tapper, with the rank of lieutenant, served as commander of the San Martín Base during the International Geophysical Year of the 1958. Its group was composed of 20 units. In the winter, he drove a patrol with sled pulled by dogs, to Cape Jeremy installing the Refuge Nogal de Saldán in September. Then he crossed the Antarctic Peninsula between

Marguerite Bay Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on t ...

and the

Weddell Sea The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha ...

. The refuge was then abandoned. Refugio Nogal de Saldán, Retrieved September 30, 2018

References

Headlands of Palmer Land Headlands of Graham Land {{GrahamLand-geo-stub

Nogal de Saldán Refuge

See also

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