MacKay Peak
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MacKay Peak is an ice-covered pyramidal peak rising to 700 m in the Friesland Ridge
of Tangra Mountains
, rises to 770 m in Friesland Ridge
, Tangra Mountains
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. It is linked by Pleven Saddle
to Tervel Peak
to the east-northeast, and surmounts Peshtera Glacier
to the north and Charity Glacier
to the south.
The peak is named after Captain Donald MacKay, Master of the American shallop Sarah who, while seal hunting
in the islands in 1820-21, sent home a collection of minerals and rocks to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, forerunner of the American Museum of Natural History
.
, 3.62 km southwest of Kikish Crag
, 2.76 km west-southwest of St. Methodius Peak
and 2.41 km north-northeast of Veleka Peak (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Friesland Ridge
Friesland Ridge is a ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, part of the Tangra Mountains. The summit, Mount Friesland, which rises to , is the northwesternmost of the ridge’s six main peaks...
of Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, rises to 770 m in Friesland Ridge
Friesland Ridge
Friesland Ridge is a ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, part of the Tangra Mountains. The summit, Mount Friesland, which rises to , is the northwesternmost of the ridge’s six main peaks...
, Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. It is linked by Pleven Saddle
Pleven Saddle
Pleven Saddle is a deep saddle of elevation 500 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica, bounded by MacKay Peak to the west-southwest and Tervel Peak to the east-northeast, with two conspicuous rocks rising on it...
to Tervel Peak
Tervel Peak
Tervel Peak is a triple peak rising to 810 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica overlooking Peshtera Glacier and Zagore Beach to the northwest, and Charity Glacier to the southwest...
to the east-northeast, and surmounts Peshtera Glacier
Peshtera Glacier
The Peshtera Glacier is a glacier situated on the Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
to the north and Charity Glacier
Charity Glacier
Charity Glacier is a glacier lying north of Barnard Point on Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 after the brig Charity Charity Glacier is a glacier lying north of Barnard Point on Rozhen...
to the south.
The peak is named after Captain Donald MacKay, Master of the American shallop Sarah who, while seal hunting
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
in the islands in 1820-21, sent home a collection of minerals and rocks to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, forerunner of the American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
.
Location
The peak is located at 62°43′16"S 60°17′57.5"W which is 5.67 km south of Napier PeakNapier Peak
Napier Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 380 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Charrúa Gap to the north by an 1.5 km ice-covered col, and by an ice-covered saddle to Mirador Hill to the south-southwest, and surmounts...
, 3.62 km southwest of Kikish Crag
Kikish Crag
Kikish Crag is a peak rising to 650 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is named after Kikish site in Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.-Location:...
, 2.76 km west-southwest of St. Methodius Peak
St. Methodius Peak
St. Methodius Peak rises to approximately 1,180m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica and surmounts Ruen Icefall to the north-northwest, Prespa Glacier to the southeast and Charity Glacier to the southwest. Linked to St. Cyril Peak by Vladaya Saddle.The peak is...
and 2.41 km north-northeast of Veleka Peak (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
