Barnes Peak
| Barnes Peak | ||
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| height | 3360 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Barnes Peak is a 3360 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 6.5 km southeast of Mount Dickerson in the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Elwood E. Barnes, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program and 1963 radiation scientist at the research station at Cape Hallett .
Web links
- Barnes Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barnes Peak on geographic.org (English)