MacDonald Point
The Darwin Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica. It flows from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf.- Type: Cape
- Description: coastal point in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cape MacDonald”
MacDonald Point
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.87692° or 79° 52′ 37″ southLongitude
160.33427° or 160° 20′ 3″ eastElevation
145 metres (476 feet)Named after
James H. (Scot) MacDonaldOpen location code
2VG248FM+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 11109206650OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6637317Wikidata ID
Q2604882
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“MacDonald Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “MacDonald Point”
- Chinese: “麥克唐納角”
- German: “MacDonald Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “MacDonald Point”
- Swedish: “MacDonald Point”
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