Mount McDonald

Mount McDonald
Mount McDonald Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	2,470 m (8,100 ft)
Prominence	2,470 m (8,100 ft)
Coordinates	72°30′S 166°36′E / 72.500°S 166.600°E / -72.500; 166.600Coordinates: 72°30′S 166°36′E / 72.500°S 166.600°E / -72.500; 166.600
Geography
Location	Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Victory Mountains, Trafalgar Glacier

Mount McDonald is a peak rising to 2,470 metres (8,100 ft) on the north side of Trafalgar Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Burton, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the (NZFMCAE), 1962–63, for , a crew member on the Terra Nova during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. McDonald, who lived in New Zealand, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962–63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Robert Falcon Scott's veterans.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount McDonald". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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