Berry massif

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Berry massif
height 850  m
location Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Coordinates 70 ° 26 ′ 2 ″  S , 62 ° 23 ′ 6 ″  W Coordinates: 70 ° 26 ′ 2 ″  S , 62 ° 23 ′ 6 ″  W
Berry Massif (Antarctic Peninsula)
Berry massif

The Berry massif is a compact, roughly circular and 850  m high massif on the Wilkins coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises up on the southern flank of the mouth of the Clifford Glacier in Smith Inlet .

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) carried out a survey in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the massif in 1976 after Dale L. Berry, a biologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program and scientific director of the Palmer Station in 1971.

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