Cape McNab
| Cape McNab | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 56 ′ S , 163 ° 14 ′ E | |
| location | Buckle Island ( Balleny Islands ) | |
| Waters | Somow lake | |
| height | 350 m | |
The Cape McNab is a 350 m high cape which the southern end of Buckle Iceland in the group of East Antarctic Balleny Islands forms.
The cape is named after John McNab, second mate of the schooner Eliza Scott , with whom the British navigator John Balleny discovered the Balleny Islands in February 1839 as part of his Antarctic expedition (1838–1839).
Web links
- Cape McNab in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape McNab on geographic.org (English)