McKenzie notch
| McKenzie notch | |||
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| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The McKenzie-Scharte is a mountain pass in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Bowers Mountains , it is northwest of the McLin Glacier .
Scientists from the German expedition GANOVEX I (1979–1980) named it. It is obviously named after the neighboring McKenzie Nunatak . Its namesake is the American glaciologist Garry Donald McKenzie (* 1941), who worked in this area between 1966 and 1967.
See also
Web links
- McKenzie-Scharte in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)