Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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McDonald Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
McDonald Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Open bay, 10 mi wide at its entrance between Adams Island and the Haswell Islands, lying immediately W of Mabus Point on the coast of Antarctica. Charted by the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14. Named by the US-ACAN after Cdr. Edwin A. McDonald, USN, Commander of the USS Burton Island, flagship of the two icebreakers which supported the USN Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical stations along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts during the 1947-48 summer season.
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