COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

E entrance point of Mason Inlet dividing Black Coast from Lassiter Coast, was probably seen from the air by USAS in December 1940; surveyed from the ground by FIDS RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named after Dr Neil Alison Mackintosh (1900-74), British marine biologist, oceanographer and authority on Antarctic whales; member of DI scientific staff from 1924 and Chief Scientific Officer, 1929-49; Marine Station, Grytviken, 1924-26, 1926-27; William Scoresby, 1927; Discovery II, 1929-31, 1933-35 and 1937-38; closely associated with the organization of Operation "Tabarin" and FIDS, 1943-50; Deputy Director, National Institute of Oceanography (now Institute of Oceanographic Sciences), 1949-61, and in charge of the Institute's Whale Research Unit, 1961-68 (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.14; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Cap Mackintosh (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Cabo Mackintosh (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.498; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.191). Mys Makintosh (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Cabo Poindexter, as rejected name (Mount Reynolds, q.v.) (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.229).

Low, ice-covered cape forming the N tip of Kemp Peninsula and the E entrance point to Mason Inlet, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Probably first seen by members of the USAS who photographed a portion of Kemp Peninsula while exploring this coast from the air in December 1940. During 1947 the cape was photographed by the RARE, which in conjunction with the FIDS surveyed it from the ground. Named by the FIDS after Neil A. Mackintosh (1900-74), British marine biologist, oceanographer, and authority on Antarctic whales; member of DI scientific staff from 1924 and Chief Scientific Officer, 1929-49; Deputy Director, National Institute of Oceanography (now Insitute of Oceanographic Sciences), 1949-61.

Probablemente, visto por miembros del Servicio Antártico de los EE.UU. quienes fotografiaron una porción de la península Kemp, mientras exploraban estas costas desde el aire en diciembre de 1940. En 1947 fue fotografiado por el RARE, que junto con el FIDS lo cartografiaron en el terreno. El nombre se lo dio el FIDS, en honor Neil A. Mackintosh, biólogo marino y oceanográfico británico. Situado en el extremo N de la península Kemp y a 25 millas al SE de la isla Pullen. El cabo es de poca altura, cubierto de nieve.