McNally Peak () is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
high, standing west of
Mount Farley
Mount Farley () is a conspicuous rock peak, high, standing at the west side of Scott Glacier, east of McNally Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party ...
, near the southeast side of
Holdsworth Glacier, in the
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarcti ...
of Antarctica. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander
Joseph John McNally (15 Feb 1928-13 Jan 2019),
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
, supply officer at
McMurdo Station, winter 1959, and on the staff of the Commander,
U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during U.S. Navy
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...
1967.
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References
Mountains of the Ross Dependency
Amundsen Coast
Queen Maud Mountains
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