Barker Peak
| Barker Peak | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Giggenbach Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Barker Peak is a 2,200 m high mountain peaks on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 5.8 km west-northwest of Mount Terror and is the more westerly of two peaks near the southern end of the Giggenbach Ridge .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named him in 2000 after Major James Richard Millton Barker (* 1926), commanding officer at Scott Base from 1970 to 1971 and manager of the New Zealand Antarctic Program from 1970 to 1986.
Web links
- Barker Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barker Peak on geographic.org (English)