MacDonald, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape MacDonald (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
S entrance point of Odom Inlet, Black Coast, was surveyed by USAS in December 1940 and named Cape McDonald [sic] after J.E. MacDonald, field representative and Secretary of the expedition (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; DCS 601 sheet 71 60, 1955; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Cape MacDonald (USHO, 1943, p.274; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.14; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976). The cape was re-surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Cabo McDonald (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1949). Cabo Mac Donald (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.329; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.191). Cape Mac Donald (USHO chart 6639, 1955). Cabo MacDonal [sic] (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957). Mys Mak-Donald (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Cabo MacDonald (Pierrou, 1970, p.497).
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