McKay Creek
McKay Creek is a meltwater stream, 250 metres long, heading on Suess Glacier west-southwest of the west end of Lake Chad at about 100 metres elevation and flowing east-northeast into Lake Chad in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Defile, The and Mummy Pond.
Defile, The
Mountain saddle
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. It lies north of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor Glacier and New Harbour in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Mummy Pond
Lake
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Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. It lies north of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor Glacier and New Harbour in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Mount Torii
Peak
Mount Torii is a prominent bluff-type mountain above Lake Chad and Lake Hoare, surmounting the north wall of Taylor Valley between Suess Glacier and Canada Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mount Torii is situated 4 km north of McKay Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Campbell Terrace.
Campbell Terrace
Locality
Roa Ridge is a bow-shaped ridge, 5 mi long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. For much of its extent, it separates Matterhorn Glacier and Lacroix Glacier. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998. Roa is a Māori word meaning “long” ridge. Campbell Terrace is situated 7 km southwest of McKay Creek.
McKay Creek
- Type: Stream
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“McKay Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McKay Creek”
- German: “McKay Creek”
- Malayalam: “മക്കേ ക്രീക്ക്”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McKay Creek”
- Spanish: “Arroyo McKay”
- Swedish: “McKay Creek”
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Highlights include Nussbaum Riegel and Chad, Lake.
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