Mackay Point

	Mackay Point
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	Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 32 ′ S , 68 ° 4 ′ W Coordinates: 67 ° 32 ′ S , 68 ° 4 ′ W
location	Adelaide Island , West Antarctica
Waters	Laubeuf Fjord

The Mackay Point is a headland on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 3 km northeast of Rothera Point .

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed this headland between 1961 and 1962, and the Royal Navy's hydrographic unit on board HMS Endurance between 1976 and 1977. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it 1978 after Donald Campbell Mackay (* 1953), who worked for the British Antarctic Survey as a construction worker on Halley Station (1972-1973), on Signy Island (1974-1975) and on the Rothera Station (1976–1978) worked.

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