McDonald Beach
McDonald Beach is an extensive beach lying west of Inclusion Hill and 6 nautical miles southwest of Cape Bird on Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, after Captain Edwin A.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fitzgerald Hill and Inclusion Hill.
Fitzgerald Hill
Peak
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Inclusion Hill
Peak
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Harrison Bluff
Cliff
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
McDonald Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.25153° or 77° 15′ 6″ south
Longitude
166.37004° or 166° 22′ 12″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Named after
Open location code
2VJ8P9XC+92
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“McDonald Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McDonald Beach”
- German: “McDonald Beach”
- Hebrew: “חוף מקדונלד”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McDonald Beach”
- Swedish: “McDonald Beach”
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