Baker Knob
| Baker Knob | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , Ellsworthland | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 96 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Baker Knob is a small, rounded hills with steep sloping eastern slope at the east end of Thurston Island off the coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . It rises 3 km north of the Harrison Nunatak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after T. W. Baker, photographer of the Eastern Group of the United States Navy at Operation Highjump (1946-1947), who created aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the adjacent coastal areas.
Web links
- Baker Knob in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baker Knob on geographic.org (English)