MacQuarrie Edge
| MacQuarrie Edge | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 34 ′ S , 30 ° 5 ′ W | |
MacQuarrie Edge is a 760 m high mountain ridge or rocky slope in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the western section of the Shackleton Range, it looms in the northern part of the Otter Highlands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1972 after Alastair Stuart MacQuarrie (1935-1970), tractor mechanic of the British Antarctic Survey at Halley Station from 1968 to 1969, who worked in the Shackleton Range.
Web links
- MacQuarrie Edge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- MacQuarrie Edge on geographic.org (English)