GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



son, who named the islets for C. D. Mackellar of 

 London, a patron of the expedition. 



MACKENZIE BAY: large embayment between 

 Cape Darnley and the W. side of Amery Ice Shelf, 

 along Lars Christensen Coast; in about 68°35'S., 

 71°15'E. On Dec. 26, 1929 the BANZARE, under 

 Mawson, reached 66°57'S., 71°51'E. and saw land 

 ice miraged on the SW. horizon. In this same area 

 on Feb. 10, 1931, the BANZARE disc, a large ice- 

 free bay and made an airplane flight to sketch it. 

 They named it for K. N. MacKenzie, captain of the 

 exp. ship Discovery. On Feb. 5, 1931 the Norwegian 

 whaling ships Thorshavn and Thorshammer, un- 

 der Lars Christensen, were on the outskirts of this 

 area. The whale catcher Seksern reached this 

 area on Jan. 13, 1931 i.nd on Feb. 13, 1931 the 

 Torlyn entered Thorshavn Bay in the S. part of 

 MacKenzie Bay. Not adopted: Mackenzie Bay, 

 Mackenzie Sea, Olav Prydz Bukt [Norwegian] . 



MACKENZIE PENINSULA: rocky peninsula 

 forming the W. end of Laurie I., in the South Ork- 

 ney Is.; in 60°45'S., 44°48'W. First sighted and 

 roughly charted by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer in 1821. It was accurately 

 charted by the ScotNAE under Dr. William S. 

 Bruce, 1902-4, who gave this peninsula the maiden 

 name of his wife. 



Mackenzie Sea: see MacKenzie Bay; Prydz Bay. 



Mackethar, Mount: see Mackellar, Mount. 



MACKINTOSH, CAPE: low, ice-covered cape 

 forming the N. tip of Kemp Pen. and the E. side 

 of the entrance to Mason Inlet, on the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 72°53'S., 60°03'W. Probably first 

 seen by members of the USAS who photographed 

 a portion of Kemp Pen. while exploring this coast 

 from the air in December 1940. During 1947 the 

 cape was photographed by the RARE, who in con- 

 junction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. 

 Named by the FIDS for Neil A. Mackintosh, British 

 marine biologist and oceanographer, who since 

 1924 has been a member of the stafT, and since 

 1936 Dir. of Research of the Discovery Investiga- 

 tions (now part of the National Inst, of Oceanog- 

 raphy) . 



MACKINTOSH, MOUNT: dark-appearing moun- 

 tain peak lying W. of Mt. Baxter and on the E. side 

 of Reeves Gl., in Victoria Land;. in about 74°20'S., 

 162°15'E. Charted by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, who named it for a A. L. A. Mackin- 

 tosh, Second Officer on the exp. ship Nimrod. 



MACKINTOSH COVE: small cove immediately 

 E. of Eraser Pt., along the N. coast of Laurie I., in 

 the South Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 44°30'W. 



Charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce. 

 Named for Neil A. Mackintosh, then a member of 

 the Discovery Committee zoological staff, by DI 

 personnel on the Discovery II following their sur- 

 vey of the South Orkney Is. in 1933. Not adopted: 

 Mcintosh Cove. 



Macndb, Cape: see McNab, Cape. 



MAC-ROBERTSON COAST: that portion of the 

 coast of Antarctica extending from William Scores- 

 by Bay, in about 59°35'S., to Cape Darnley on 

 Bjerk0 Pen., in about 69°30'E. Named by the 

 BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson, for MacPher- 

 son Robertson of Melbourne, patron of the expedi- 

 tion. Not adopted: MacRobertson Land, Mac- 

 Robertson Land. 



MacRobertson Land: see Mac-Robertson Coast. 



MADIGAN, NUNATAK: nunatak about 2,400 ft. 

 in el., about 10 mi. WSW. of the head of Watt Bay, 

 on George V Coast; in about 67°08'S., 143°22'E. 

 Disc, by the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, who 

 named it for Cecil T. Madigan, meteorologist with 

 the AAE Main Base. 



MAGNET BAY: bay about 8 mi. wide which in- 

 dents the coast for about 3 mi., situated about 9 

 mi. WNW. of Cape Davis, along the coast of Enderby 

 Land; in about 66°25'S., 56°20'E. The"BANZARE, 

 1929-31, under Mawson, originally gave the name 

 Magnet Bay to what appeared to be a larger bay 

 extending from Cape Davis to Cape Borley, after 

 the vessel Magnet, in which Peter Kemp first 

 sighted land in this vicinity in 1833. The recom- 

 mended application of this name is based on 

 subsequent exploration of this area by a Nor. exp., 

 1936-37, under Christensen. 



MAGNIER PEAKS: peaks about 3,600 ft. in el. 

 surmounting the narrow peninsula between Leroux 

 Bay and Bigo Bay, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen., 

 in 65°40'S., 64°18'W. Disc, and named by the 

 FrAE, 1909-10, under Charcot. Not adopted: 

 Magnier Peak. 



MAHONY, MOUNT: massive mountain, about 

 5,300 ft. in el., forming a buttress between the Cot- 

 ton and Miller Glaciers, in Victoria Land; in about 

 77°11'S., 161°43'E. Charted and named by the 

 BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. 



MAIGNAN POINT: point marking the NE. end 

 of Cholet Islet and the W. side of the entrance to 

 Port Charcot, lying immediately N. of the NW. part 

 of Booth I., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 about 65°03'S., 64°02'W. First charted by the 

 FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot. Named by Charcot 

 for F. Maignan, a seaman of the exp. ship Frangais 



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