Mount McCarthy (Victoria Land)
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Mount McCarthy is a peak
, 2,865 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Schofield Peak
, in the Barker Range
, Victoria Land
. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962–63, after Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the Terra Nova
of the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1910-13. McCarthy
, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962-63 season when he revisited McMurdo Sound
with two other Scott veterans.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 2,865 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Schofield Peak
Schofield Peak
Schofield Peak is a peak 1 nautical mile southeast of Mount McCarthy, in the Barker Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Edmund A. Schofield, biologist at Hallett...
, in the Barker Range
Barker Range
Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962–63, after Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the Terra Nova
Terra Nova (ship)
The Terra Nova was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea, proving her worth for many years before she was called upon for expedition work.Terra Nova was ideally suited to the polar regions...
of the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
, 1910-13. McCarthy
McCarthy
McCarthy may refer to:* McCarthy * McCarthy, Alaska* McCarthy , an indie pop band* MacCarthy , a Bordeaux wine* McCarthy Tétrault, a Canadian law firm...
, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962-63 season when he revisited McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound
The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...
with two other Scott veterans.