Godfrey Upland is a small remnant plateau with an undulating surface and a mean elevation of 1,500 m in south-central 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...

. It is bounded by Clarke, Meridian, Lammers and Cole Glacier

Cole Glacier

Cole Glacier is a glacier on the east side of Godfrey Upland, long, flowing north-northeast into the Traffic Circle, in southern Graham Land. It was first seen by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, but not named...

s. The existence of the feature was known to United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, Finn Ronne

Finn Ronne

Finn Ronne was a U.S. Antarctic explorer.-Background:Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne , was a polar explorer and served in Roald Amundsen's successful expedition to the South Pole...

 and C.R. Eklund

Carl R. Eklund

Carl R. Eklund was a leading American specialist in ornithology and geographic research in both the north and south polar regions.From 1939-41 he served as ornithologist at the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service. This was the first modern US. Government-sponsored expedition to Antarctica, and...

 having traveled along Meridian and Lammers Glacier

Lammers Glacier

Lammers Glacier is a large glacier flowing east along the north side of Godfrey Upland into the Traffic Circle and Mercator Ice Piedmont, on the east coast of Graham Land...

s in January 1941. It was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (RARE) in 1947 and surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Thomas Godfrey

Thomas Godfrey (inventor)

Thomas Godfrey was an optician and inventor in the American colonies, who around 1730 invented the octant. At approximately the same time an Englishman, John Hadley, also invented the octant independently....

 (1704–49), American glassworker and mathematician who, at the same time as John Hadley

John Hadley

John Hadley was an English mathematician, inventor of the octant, a precursor to the sextant, around 1730.He was born in Bloomsbury, London, to Katherine FitzJames and George Hadley....

, independently invented the quadrant (the forerunner of the sextant), in 1730.