Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Mackay Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mackay Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A large glacier along the east coast of Victoria Land descending between Mts Marston and England from the inland plateau to Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party, led by David, of the BAE, 1907-09, in 1908 and named for Dr Alistair Forbes Mackay, a member of the party.
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