GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Lyttleton, Cape: see Lyttelton, Cape. 



MABEL, CAPE: cape forming the N. tip of Pirie 

 Pen. on the N. coast of Laurie I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 44°40'W. Probably first 

 sighted by a Br. sealing exp. under Weddell, who 

 examined the N. coast of Laurie I. in 1823. It was 

 charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, who 

 named it for Mrs. J. H. Harvey Pirie, wife of the 

 surgeon-geologist to the expedition. 



MABEL ISLET: islet about 1.5 mi. NW. of Cape 

 Mabel, off the N. coast of Laurie I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°40'S., 44°42'W. Charted in 1933 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who named it 

 after nearby Cape Mabel. 



Mdbelle Sidley, Mount: see Sidley, Mount. 



MABUS POINT: ice-covered point marked by 

 four prominent rock outcrops along its W. side, 

 forming the E. side of the entrance to McDonald 

 Bay, on Queen Mary Coast; in about 66°29'S., 

 93°18'E. Charted by the AAE under Mawson, 

 1911-14. Named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. 

 Howard W. Mabus, USN, executive officer of the 

 icebreaker U.S.S. Edisto, who was instrumental in 

 the close support, in view of heavy pack ice condi- 

 tions, that the Edisto was able to render the USN 

 Op. Wml. parties in establishing astronomical con- 

 trol stations along Queen Mary Coast during the 

 1947-48 summer seasoh. 



MacDONALD, CAPE: headland about 1,400 ft. 

 in el., forming the S. side of the entrance to Odom 

 Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 71°32'S., 

 61°11'W. Disc, by members of the USAS who ex- 

 plored this area by land and from the air in 1940. 

 Named for J. E. MacDonald, field representative 

 and secretary of the USAS. 



MACDOXTGAL BAY: small bay lying between 

 Capes Geddes and Valavielle along the N. coast of 

 Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is., in 60°42'S., 

 44°33'W. Probably first sighted by a Br. sealing 

 exp. under Weddell, who explored the N. coast of 

 Laurie I. in 1823. Charted by the ScotNAE, 

 1902-4, under Bruce, who named it for J. Mac- 

 dougal, third mate of the exp. ship Scotia. 



MacFerlane, Detroit de: see McFarlane Strait. 



MACFIE SOUND: passage about 1 mi. wide at 

 its narrowest point, extending in a NW.-SE. direc- 

 tion between Islay and the Sheehan Is. on the N. 

 and Bertha I. on the S., off Mac-Robertson Coast 

 just E. of William Scoresby Bay; in about 67°22'S., 

 59''47'E. Disc, in February 1936 by DI personnel 

 on the William Scoresby, and named by them for 

 Lt. A. F. Macfie, RNR, who prepared the maps of 



the expedition. Not adopted: Homresund [Nor- 

 wegian] . 



MACKAY, CAPE: cape forming the SE. tip of 

 Ross I.; in about 77°43'S., 168°30'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who named it for 

 Capt. Harry MacKay, commander of the Terra 

 Nova, one of the relief ships for the expedition. 

 Not adopted : Cape Mackay. 



MACKAY GLACIER: large glacier along the E. 

 coast of Victoria Land, descending from the inland 

 plateau to Granite Hbr.; in about 76°57'S., 162°30'E. 

 Disc, by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1907-9, 

 under Shackleton, who named it for Dr. Alistair 

 Forbes Mackay, a member of the party. 



MACKAY GLACIER TONGUE: glacier tongue 

 about 6 mi. long and 2 mi. wide extending into 

 Granite Hbr. from the Mackay Glacier, along the 

 coast of Victoria Land; in about 76°58'S., 162°33'E. 

 First charted by the BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. 

 The feature takes its name from Mackay Glacier 

 which was named by BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackle- 

 ton. Not adopted: Mackay Tongue. 



MACKAY MOUNTAINS: prominent group of 

 peaks lying SE. of Boyd Gl., in the Edsel Ford- 

 Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 77°30'S., 

 143°05'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE in 1934, and named 

 for Clarence Mackay of the Postal Telegraph and 

 Mackay Radio Companies, who was a benefactor 

 of the expedition. Not adopted: Mount Clarence 

 Mackay, Mount Clarence MacKay. 



Mackay Tongue: see Mackay Glacier Tongue. 



Mac Kellar, Fiord: see Mackellar Inlet. 



MACKELLAR, MOUNT: peak about 9,900 ft. in 

 el., standing about 18 mi. N. of The Cloudmaker 

 at the W. side of Beardmore GL, in the Queen Alex- 

 andra Range; in about 84°06'S., 168°15'E. Disc, 

 by the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, who named 

 it for Campbell Mackellar of London, a supporter 

 of the expedition. Not adopted: Mount Mac- 

 kethar. 



MACKELLAR INLET: inlet forming the NW. 

 head of Admiralty Bay, at King George I., in the 

 South Shetland Is.; in 62°04'S., 58°28'W. Prob- 

 ably named by the FrAE .under Charcot, who 

 charted Admiralty Bay in December 1909. Not 

 adopted: Fiord Mac Kellar [French]. 



MACKELLAR ISLETS: group of about 30 rocks 

 and islets about 2 mi. in extent, lying N. and NW. 

 of Cape Denison in the center of Commonwealth 

 Bay, along George V Coast; in about 66°58'S., 

 142°39'E. Disc, in 1912 by the AAE uncjer Maw- 



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