Jenny Buttress () is a rock buttress north of
Melville Peak
Melville Peak is a prominent peak surmounting Cape Melville, the eastern cape of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It represents an eroded stratovolcano of unknown age and contains a volcanic crater at its summit. ...
, overlooking
Destruction Bay
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Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area (sc ...
on the east side of
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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in 1960 for the alleged
sailing vessel ''Jenny'' from the
Isle of Wight
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which was found drifting in
Drake Passage
The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn, Chile, Argentina, and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean (Scotia Sea) with the southeastern part of the Pa ...
by the whaler ''Hope'' in September 1840. All her crew were dead and the log was entered up to January 17, 1823.
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References
Rock formations of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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