McDonald Beach is an extensive beach lying west of Inclusion Hill

Inclusion Hill

Inclusion Hill is a prominent steeply concial hill, 335 m, between McDonald Beach and the Mount Bird icecap on Ross Island. It is a trachyte plug, in parts containing numerous inclusions of basalt. Explored and descriptively named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1958-59....

 and 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Cape Bird

Cape Bird

Cape Bird is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island. Discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under Ross, and named by him for Lieutenant Edward J. Bird of the ship Erebus....

 on Ross Island

Ross Island

Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...

. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...

 (NZGSAE), 1958–59, after Captain Edwin A. McDonald, then Deputy Commander

Deputy Commander

Deputy commander was a rank in the London Metropolitan Police which existed between 1946 and 1968.In 1946, the rank of chief constable, which was between superintendent and deputy assistant commissioner, was renamed deputy commander. At the same time, the rank of deputy assistant commissioner was...

, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, who provided extensive transport and other facilities to the NZGSAE in support of the survey of the Cape Bird area.