McCall Point

McCall Point
Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

McCall Point (67°2′S 66°38′W / 67.033°S 66.633°W / -67.033; -66.633) is a point on the east side of Lallemand Fjord, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Salmon Cove on the west coast of Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John G. McCall (1923–54), American engineer of the University of Alaska, who first measured the detailed internal movement of a cirque glacier in 1951-52.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "McCall Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).