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Jasper Point () is the northeastern entrance point to
Norma Cove Norma Cove () is a cove between Suffield Point and Jasper Point, Maxwell Bay, King George Island. The feature was named " Bukhta Norma" or " Norma Inlet" by L.S. Govorukha and I.M. Simonov, 1973, following Soviet Antarctic Expedition surveys f ...
, Fildes Peninsula, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The point is bounded by cliffs of black and buff rocks, in which occur veins of red and green jasper. It was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee following geological work by the
British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
in 1975–76.


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