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McCarthy, Mount: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for McCarthy, Mount in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): McCarthy, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9636

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 35' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 166° 14' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.5833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 166.2333333

Elevation (see definition): 2865

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A peak, 2,865 m, standing 1 mi NW of Schofield Peak, in the Barker Range, Victoria Land. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the Terra Nova of the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13. McCarthy, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962-63 season when he revisited McMurdo Sound with two other Scott veterans.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding McCarthy, Mount 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 McCarthy, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about McCarthy, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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