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MacDonald Peak is a peak rising to 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) midway between Shockey Peak and Mount Crawford near the north end of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1961 for of the Branch of Special Maps in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) who prepared the 1962 map of this range. Subsequently, MacDonald participated in numerous expeditions to Antarctica to supervise aerial photography used in preparing USGS maps of the continent. At the time of his death in 1977 he was Chief of the Branch of International Activities in the USGS and a member of the US-ACAN, part of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

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  • Der MacDonald Peak ist ein 1940 m hoher Berg im westantarktischen Ellsworthland. Er ragt zwischen dem Shockey Peak und Mount Crawford nahe dem nördlichen Ende des Hauptkamms der Sentinel Range im Ellsworthgebirges auf. Der US-amerikanische Polarforscher Lincoln Ellsworth entdeckte ihn bei seinem Transantarktisflug am 23. November 1935. Das Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names benannte ihn 1961 nach William R. MacDonald (1925–1977) von der Abteilung für Spezialkarten des United States Geological Survey, der die 1962 vom Survey herausgegebene Landkarte der Sentinel Range anfertigte. (de)
  • MacDonald Peak is a peak rising to 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) midway between Shockey Peak and Mount Crawford near the north end of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1961 for of the Branch of Special Maps in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) who prepared the 1962 map of this range. Subsequently, MacDonald participated in numerous expeditions to Antarctica to supervise aerial photography used in preparing USGS maps of the continent. At the time of his death in 1977 he was Chief of the Branch of International Activities in the USGS and a member of the US-ACAN, part of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. (en)
  • MacDonald Peak är en bergstopp i Antarktis. Den ligger i Västantarktis. Chile gör anspråk på området. Toppen på MacDonald Peak är 1 940 meter över havet. Terrängen runt MacDonald Peak är kuperad österut, men västerut är den platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Mount Washburn, 2 725 meter över havet, 13,8 kilometer öster om MacDonald Peak. Trakten är obefolkad. Det finns inga samhällen i närheten. (sv)
  • 麥克唐納峰（英語：MacDonald Peak），是南極洲的山峰，位於埃爾斯沃思地，處於肖基峰和克勞福德山之間，屬於埃爾斯沃思山脈中森蒂納爾嶺的一部分，海拔高度1,940米，現時由南極條約體系管理。 (zh)
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  • Der MacDonald Peak ist ein 1940 m hoher Berg im westantarktischen Ellsworthland. Er ragt zwischen dem Shockey Peak und Mount Crawford nahe dem nördlichen Ende des Hauptkamms der Sentinel Range im Ellsworthgebirges auf. Der US-amerikanische Polarforscher Lincoln Ellsworth entdeckte ihn bei seinem Transantarktisflug am 23. November 1935. Das Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names benannte ihn 1961 nach William R. MacDonald (1925–1977) von der Abteilung für Spezialkarten des United States Geological Survey, der die 1962 vom Survey herausgegebene Landkarte der Sentinel Range anfertigte. (de)
  • MacDonald Peak is a peak rising to 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) midway between Shockey Peak and Mount Crawford near the north end of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1961 for of the Branch of Special Maps in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) who prepared the 1962 map of this range. Subsequently, MacDonald participated in numerous expeditions to Antarctica to supervise aerial photography used in preparing USGS maps of the continent. At the time of his death in 1977 he was Chief of the Branch of International Activities in the USGS and a member of the US-ACAN, part of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. (en)
  • MacDonald Peak är en bergstopp i Antarktis. Den ligger i Västantarktis. Chile gör anspråk på området. Toppen på MacDonald Peak är 1 940 meter över havet. Terrängen runt MacDonald Peak är kuperad österut, men västerut är den platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Mount Washburn, 2 725 meter över havet, 13,8 kilometer öster om MacDonald Peak. Trakten är obefolkad. Det finns inga samhällen i närheten. (sv)
  • 麥克唐納峰（英語：MacDonald Peak），是南極洲的山峰，位於埃爾斯沃思地，處於肖基峰和克勞福德山之間，屬於埃爾斯沃思山脈中森蒂納爾嶺的一部分，海拔高度1,940米，現時由南極條約體系管理。 (zh)
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  • MacDonald Peak (de)
  • MacDonald Peak (en)
  • MacDonald Peak (sv)
  • 麥克唐納峰 (zh)
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