McCann Point
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McCann Point is a point marking the east side of the mouth of Beaver Glacier
, where the latter enters Ross Ice Shelf
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for K.A. McCann, Master of the USNS Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965.
Beaver Glacier (Ross Ice Shelf)
Beaver Glacier is a glacier, long, draining the coastal mountains of the Queen Alexandra Range just northwest of Mount Fox and entering the Ross Ice Shelf at McCann Point. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition after the Beaver aircraft City of Auckland, which...
, where the latter enters Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for K.A. McCann, Master of the USNS Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965.