McDonald Heights
Mountain peaks in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
title: "McDonald Heights" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-marie-byrd-land"] description: "Mountain peaks in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-marie-byrd-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_Heights" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain peaks in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica ::
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| name= | native_name= | photo= | photo_caption= | country= | region_type= | region= | parent= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | range_coordinates = | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | highest= | elevation_m= | coordinates = | map= Antarctica | map_caption= | label_position= none The McDonald Heights () are broad, mainly snow-covered heights about 35 nmi long and rising over 1,000 m between Cape Burks and Morris Head on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The heights are bounded southward by Hull Glacier, Kirkpatrick Glacier and Johnson Glacier.
Discovery and name
The McDonald Heights were photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–1941. They were observed and partially mapped from during February 1962, and were mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1965. The heights were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Edwin A. McDonald, United States Navy, Deputy Commander of the United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, in 1962, and Commander of the Task Unit that explored this coast aboard Glacier in February 1962.
Location
|caption=Northern part of McDonald Heights in south center of maps}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/C75135s1_Ant.Map_Hull_Glacier.jpg" caption="Southern part of McDonald Heights in northeast of map"] ::
The McDonald Heights extend east from Cape Burks, the easternmost point of Hull Bay, along the north side of Hull Glacier and its tributary Kirkpatrick Glacier to Johnson Glacier in the east. The Jackson Glacier flows north from the heights into Siniff Bay. In the north east the Björnert Cliffs face north towards the Hanessian Foreland, extending to Hagey Ridge, Morris Head and the Zilch Cliffs along the west side of Johnson Glacier. In west the Peden Cliffs face the Ericson Bluffs, including Cox Point, Gilbert Bluff, Dee Nunatak and Coor Crags. In the southwest the Ericson Bluffs include Mount Grey, Oehlenschlager Bluff, Dow Nunatak, Mount Petrides, Mount Otis and Mount Sinha. Mount Rubin de la Borbolla is in the southeast.
Eastern features
Björnert Cliffs
Hagey Ridge
Morris Head
Zilch Cliffs
Mount Rubin de la Borbolla
Western features
Ericson Bluffs
Gilbert Bluff
Coor Crags
Mount Gray
Oehlenschlager Bluff
Dow Nunatak
Mount Petrides
Mount Otis
Mount Sinha
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74135s1_Ant.Map_Cape_Burks.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-06 |title=Cape Burks |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74130s5_Ant.Map_Grant_Island.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-06 |title=Grant Island |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C75135s1_Ant.Map_Hull_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-06 |title=Hull Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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