Mount McCann
| Mount McCann | ||
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| height | 700 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Snow Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 30 '38 " S , 77 ° 46' 43" W | |
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Mount McCann is an approximately 700 m high nunatak on the English coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the west-central part of the Snow-Nunatakker it rises between the Espenschied-Nunatak and Mount Thornton .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed him. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1968 after Captain Kenneth Allan McCann (1913-1999), commander of the USNS Eltanin icebreaker during the Antarctic voyages between 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Mount McCann in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McCann on geographic.org (English)