Mount Macklin (South Georgia)

Mount Macklin (South Georgia)

Mount Macklin is a mountain having 2 peaks, the higher 1,900 m, between Mount Carse and Douglas Crag in the south part of the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Alexander H. Macklin, medical officer of the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914-16. Macklin accompanied Shackleton in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, South Georgia.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Macklin (South Georgia)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 54°45′S 36°3′W / 54.75°S 36.05°W / -54.75; -36.05



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