Alastair Macdonald MBE (born 1932) is a British retired land surveyor and author.
[1] Macdonald took part in two Spitsbergen expeditions while at Cambridge University.
[1] Macdonald joined the Directorate of Colonial Surveys in 1955,[1] serving in field parties in Kenya, Southern Cameroons, Uganda, the Bahamas, Sarawak, Nyasaland, Bechuanaland and Zambia.
[1][2] In 2002 he spoke at the International Court of Justice in a case concerning the maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria.
[3] In 2009 he was awarded an MBE for services to the resolution of boundary disputes in Africa and to cartography more generally.