Mount McCoy
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 Map sheet with Mount McCoy |
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| height | 923 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount McCoy is a 923 m high, table mountain -like massif with dark, snow-free and steep slopes near the Ruppert coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises up on the eastern flank of the Land Glacier .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered him during an overflight in December 1940 and named him after James Charles McCoy (1905-1981), pilot on some flights from the west base of this expedition.
Web links
- Mount McCoy in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McCoy on geographic.org (English)