McLean Nunatakker
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| location | George V Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 50 ′ S , 143 ° 57 ′ E | |
The McLean Nunatakkers are a group of three Nunatakkers in the East Antarctic George V country . They tower in the western part of the Mertz Glacier near its head end.
They were discovered by participants in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named it after the Australian bacteriologist and physician Archibald Lang McLean (1885-1922), a participant in the expedition.
Web links
- McLean nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McLean Nunataks on geographic.org (English)