# McCall Point

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/McCall_Point
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/McCall_Point.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCall_Point
> Source revision: 1315185051
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Geographical feature in Antarctica}}
thumb|Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
'''McCall Point''' ({{coord|67|2|S|66|38|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a point on the east side of [Lallemand Fjord](/source/Lallemand_Fjord), {{Convert|4|nmi|km|0}} northwest of [Salmon Cove](/source/Salmon_Cove_(Antarctica)) on the west coast of [Pernik Peninsula](/source/Pernik_Peninsula), on the [Loubet Coast](/source/Loubet_Coast) of [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land), Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by the [Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition](/source/Falkland_Islands_and_Dependencies_Aerial_Survey_Expedition), 1956–57, and was named by the [UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) after American engineer [John G. McCall](/source/John_G._McCall) (1923–54) of the [University of Alaska](/source/University_of_Alaska), who first measured the detailed internal movement of a [cirque glacier](/source/cirque_glacier) in 1951–52.<ref name=gnis/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 9625| name = McCall Point| accessdate = 2013-09-02}}</ref>
}}
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica].

{{usgs-gazetteer|id=9625}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maccall Point}}
Category:Headlands of Graham Land
Category:Loubet Coast

{{LoubetCoast-geo-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [McCall Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCall_Point) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCall_Point?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.