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Feature Name (see definition): McKay Creek Feature Class (see definition): Stream Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 17353 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 39' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 162° 45' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.65 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.75 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1996 Description (see definition): Meltwater stream, 250 m long, heading on Suess Glacier WSW of the W end of Lake Chad at c. 100 m elevation and flowing ENE into Lake Chad in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after Christopher P. McKay, NASA, planetary scientist, who conducted limnological research on Lake Hoare from 1982 and pioneered the use of year-round environmental data collection in dry valley ecosystems. Date Created (see definition): 09/22/1998 Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding McKay Creek in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of McKay Creek information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about McKay Creek should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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