McNab, Cape

Cape McNab is a cape, 350 metres high, which forms the south end of in the Balleny Islands of Antarctica. It was named for John McNab, second mate of the schooner Eliza Scott, who made a sketch of the Balleny Islands when they were discovered by John Balleny in 1839.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cape McNab”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sabrina Island and The Monolith.

Islet
Photo: Krudller, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the largest of three small islets lying 1.5 km south of in the Balleny Islands of and are part of 's Ross Dependency.

Islet
is a pair of small islets located off the southern tip of Sabrina Island within the Ross Dependency of . The smaller of the two islets rises at a steep incline to 363 feet above sea level, and is uninhabited even by penguins which have colonized the other nearby islands.

is a rock with an archway through it standing 1 nautical mile west of Cape McNab on the south end of , in the Balleny Islands. It is located adjacent to ; the two features appear to have been named after John Balleny's schooner, the Eliza Scott, in which he discovered the Balleny Islands in February 1839.

McNab, Cape

Latitude
-66.9° or 66° 54′ south
Longitude
163.27083° or 163° 16′ 15″ east
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
Named after
John McNab
Open location code
3V5537XC+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11047902645
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6637891
Wiki­data ID
Q794780
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Satellite Map

Discover McNab, Cape from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“McNab, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “McNab”
  • Chinese: “麥克納布角”
  • German: “Kap McNab”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape McNab”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo McNab”
  • Swedish: “McNab”

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Highlights include Scott Cone.

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