McCann Point
| McCann Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 22 ′ S , 169 ° 38 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Beaver Glacier | |
The McCann Point is a headland in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It marks the east side of the mouth of the Beaver Glacier on the Shackleton Coast into the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1966 after Kenneth Allan McCann (1913–1999), captain of the USNS Private Joseph F. Merrell during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965.
Web links
- McCann Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McCann Point on geographic.org (English)