Macey Cone
| Macey Cone | ||
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| height | 125 m | |
| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 58 '55 " S , 73 ° 15' 51" E | |
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The Macey Cone is a 125 m high, extinct volcanic cone on the island of Heard in the archipelago of the Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises 1 km northeast of Cape Laurens above the lava cliffs at the northwest end of the Laurens Peninsula .
Participants in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions conducted surveys in 1948. They named him after Louis Edward Macey (1911–1986), chief radio operator on this research trip .
Web links
- Macey Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Macey Cone on geographic.org (English)