GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



about 7 mi. WSW. of Cape Carr, on Clarie Coast; 

 in about 66°00'S., 130°40'E. Delineated from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and 

 named by the US-ACAN for William May, passed 

 midshipman on the tender Flying Fish of the USEE 

 under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



MAY GLACIER TONGUE : glacier tongue about 

 5 mi. wide and 3 mi. long, extending NW. from May 

 Gl., near the W. end of Clarie Coast; in about 

 65°55'S., 130°40'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named 

 by the US-ACAN for William May of the USEE 

 under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



MAYO, CAPE: bare rock clifT forming the E. end 

 of a fiat, ice-covered platform about 1,400 ft. in el., 

 situated about 3 mi. N. of Miller Pt. on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 68°53'S., 63°25'W. Disc, by Sir 

 Hubert Wilkins on a flight, Dec. 20, 1928, and 

 named by him for William B. Mayo of the Ford 

 Motor Co. It has been more fully defined on the 

 basis of information resulting from flights by Lin- 

 coln Ellsworth in 1935, and from flights and sledge 

 journey along this coast by members of the East 

 Base of the USAS in 1940. 



MAYR RANGE: range of mountains projecting 

 through the icecap immediately N. of the Sauter 

 Range on the piedmont of New Schwabenland. 

 From a maximum summit level of about 9,800 ft. 

 in about 72°10'S., 3°30'E.', one limb of the range 

 projects roughly W. for about 12 mi. while a sec- 

 ond extends roughly N. for about 25 mi. Disc, by 

 the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for 

 Rudolf Mayr, pilot of the Passat, one of the flying 

 boats used by the expedition. 



McCARROLL, CAPE: cape forming the S. side 

 of the entrance to Richthofen Valley, on the II. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°00'S., 62°33'W. This 

 feature was probably first seen by the SwedAE, 

 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. It was sighted by 

 Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of Dec. 20, 1928, 

 and named by him for H. G. McCarroU of Detroit, 

 Michigan. 



McCLARY RIDGE: small, crescent-shaped ridge, 

 standing about 5 mi. SSE. of Mt. Hayes at the S. 

 side of Cole Pen., on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 66°55'S., 64°03'W. In December 1947 it was 

 charted by FIDS and was photographed from the 

 air by RARE under Ronne. Named by Ronne for 

 George B. McClary of Winnetka, 111., contributor to 

 the expedition. 



McCLINTOCK, MOUNT: mountain in the Bri- 

 tannia Range, about 10,500 ft. in el., forming part of 

 the N. wall of Barne Inlet, along the W. side of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 80°12'S., 157°35'E. Disc, by 



the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, and named by him 

 for Adm. Sir Leopold McClintock, RN, a member of 

 the Ship Committee for the expedition. 



McCORMICK, CAPE: conspicuous cliff near the 

 NE. extremity of Victoria Land, overlooking Ross 

 Sea about 12 mi. S. of Cape Downshire; in about 

 71°55'S., 171°05'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. 

 under Ross, who named it for Robert McCormick, 

 the surgeon on one of the exp. ships, the Erebus. 



McCOY, MOUNT: high table-topped massif with 

 dark, snow-free, vertical walls, at the head of 

 Emory Land Gl., on Ruppert Coast; in about 

 75°50'S., 140°45'W. Disc, by members of West 

 Base of the USAS, 1939-40, and named for James 

 C. McCoy, chief pilot at the West Base. Not 

 adopted : Mount Alma McCoy. 



McDonald bay: open bay about 7 mi. wide 

 at its entrance between Adams It. and the Haswell 

 Its., lying immediately W. of Mabus Pt., along 

 Queen Mary Coast; in about 66°35'S., 93°05'E. 

 Charted by the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14. 

 Named by the US-ACAN for Cdr. Edwin A. Mc- 

 Donald, tfSN, commander of the U.S.S. Burton 

 Island, flagship of the two icebreakers which sup- 

 ported the USN Op. Wml. parties which established 

 astronomical stations along Wilhelm II, Queen 

 Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts during the 1947-48 

 summer season. 



McDonald glacier: glacier about 17 mi. 

 wide, descending from ice-covered hills 1,000 to 

 2,000 ft. in el. and terminating at the sea in per- 

 pendicular ice walls, 100 to 150 ft. in el., on Caird 

 Coast; in about 75°20'S., 26°00'W. Disc, by a Br. 

 exp., 1914-16, under Shackleton, and named by 

 him for Allan McDonald, who was instrumental in 

 raising a fund and chartering the schooner Emma 

 in an attempted rescue of the party marooned on 

 Elephant I. by the loss of Shackleton's ship, the 

 Endurance. Not adopted: Allan McDonald Glacier. 



McDonald islands: small island group con- 

 sisting of an island and several islets and rocks, 

 situated about 23 mi. W. of Heard I.; in about 

 53°02'S., 72°36'E. Named for Captain McDonald 

 of the British ship Samarang who disc, the islands 

 in January 1854. 



McDonald point: point marking the W. end 

 of Islay, an island in the William Scoresby Arch, off 

 Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°22'S., 59°43'E. 

 The name appears to have been applied by mem- 

 bers of the William Scoresby who charted this area 

 in February 1936. 



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