MacKay Peak
| MacKay Peak | ||
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 View from Atlantic Club Ridge to MacKay Peak |
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| height | 700 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ S , 60 ° 18 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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 Map of the Tangra Mountains with MacKay Peak (bottom left) |
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The MacKay Peak is a snowy, pyramid-shaped and about 700 m high mountain on the Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises up between False Bay and the Charity Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1977 Captain Donald MacKay, skipper of sloop Sarah from a sealer fleet from New York City that operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1821 and 1822.
Web links
- MacKay Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- MacKay Peak on geographic.org (English)