M'Kean Point on the southeast coast of

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in the

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is formed by an offshoot of Kalofer Peak. The point separates the termini of

Srebarna Glacier Srebarna Glacier (, ) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated east-northeast of Boyana Glacier, southeast of the head of Macy Glacier and southwest of Magura Glacier. It extends 2.3 km in southwest-no ...

to the southwest and

Magura Glacier Magura Glacier (, ) on the southeast side of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is located to the north of M'Kean Point, northeast of Srebarna Glacier, south of Iskar Glacier and southwest of Dobr ...

to the north-northeast. The point is named after Captain J. M'Kean, Master of the

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n sealing vessel ''Princess Charlotte'' that visited the area in 1821–22.

Location

The point is located at which is 17.32 km east-northeast of Botev Point, 2.6 km northeast of Aytos Point, 3.3 km southeast of

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and 13.99 km southwest of Renier Point. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

* L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000

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. Sofia:

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, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
* R.K. Headland
Chronological list of Antarctic expeditions and related historical events.
Cambridge University Press, 1989. 740 pp. Headlands of Livingston Island {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub