[1] Download coordinates as: The McMahon Glacier forms in the Anare Mountains to the west of Tiger Peak and flows north past Buskirk Bluffs to the west and Gregory Bluffs to the east to enter the Nielsen Fjord, which leads to the Pacific Ocean.
Pilot John Stanwix, with Gregory and party leader Phillip Law, landed a helicopter at the foot of these bluffs to examine them, February 12, 1962.
A fjord 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide between Cape North and Gregory Bluffs.
Although it is not the northernmost coastal point in the immediate area, the feature is conspicuous and presumably is the one observed by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841 and given the name Cape North.
[6] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.