Mount McCann

Mount McCann (73°34′S 77°37′W) is a mountain between Espenschied Nunatak and Mount Thornton in the west-central part of the Snow Nunataks of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Kenneth McCann, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises from September 1965 to September 1966.[1][2]

References
  1. "Mount McCann". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
  2. Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 473. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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