M'Kean Point
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ S , 60 ° 1 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The M'Kean Point is a headland on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 5.5 km east of Brunow Bay between the mouths of the Srebarna and Magura glaciers in the Bransfield Strait .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after Captain John M'Kean (1781 to 1851), skipper of the British Robben scavenger Princess Charlotte of Calcutta , in the course of his visit to the South Shetland Islands from 1821 to 1822 in the neighboring Johnsons Dock wrecked .
Web links
- M'Kean Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- M'Kean Point on geographic.org (English)