McCarthy Point (Princess Elisabeth Land)
| McCarthy Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 28 ′ S , 76 ° 3 ′ E | |
| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Ingrid Christensen Coast | |
| Waters | Wilcock Bay | |
| height | 18 m | |
The McCarthy Point is a rocky headland on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . In the Larsemann Hills it is on the south bank of Wilcock Bay .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Ian C. McCarthy, chief weather observer at Mawson Station in 1970, who was involved in explorations in the Prince Charles Mountains in 1971 .
Web links
- McCarthy Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Geological map of the Stornes peninsula and the surrounding area (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)