Name details

McDonald Point

McDonald Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

McDonald Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2167

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A point marking the western end of Islay in the William Scoresby Archipelago, off the coast of Kemp Land.

Named For

Discovered and named by the William Scoresby Expedition (1936).

Location

Latitude:
67° 20' 50.3" S
-67.34731°
Accurate to 100m
Longitude:
59° 40' 05.0" E
59.66806°
Accurate to 100m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
LIMA E150_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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