Mount McCoy
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Mount McCoy is a high table-topped massif with dark, snow-free, vertical walls, at the east side of Land Glacier
in Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered by members of West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named for James C. McCoy, chief pilot at West Base.
Land Glacier
Land Glacier , is a broad, heavily-crevassed glacier, about 35 miles long, descending into Land Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service and named for R. Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission....
in Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. Discovered by members of West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named for James C. McCoy, chief pilot at West Base.