McCarthy Island as named after Timothy McCarthy, who sailed on the "Endurance" during an expedition for the Antarctic under which captain?
McCarthy Island (South Georgia) McCarthy Island is an island, 1 nmi long, lying in the entrance to King Haakon Bay on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Timothy McCarthy, a seaman on the "Endurance" during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914–16. McCarthy accompanied Shackleton in the "James Caird" from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay.
Crean Glacier Crean Glacier ( ) is a glacier 4 mi long, flowing northwest from Wilckens Peaks to the head of Antarctic Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Irishman Tom Crean, Second Officer of the "Endurance" during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914–16. Crean accompanied Shackleton and Frank Worsley in the "James Caird" from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, and made the overland crossing with them to Stromness; this glacier lies on the route.