Berry Bastion
| Berry Bastion | ||
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| height | 3144 m | |
| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Berry Bastion is a 3144 m high, mostly ice-covered mountain with steep cliffs on the north flank in the Australian Antarctic Territory . It rises from the main ridge of the Britannia Range between Mount Olympus and Mount McClintock .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after the US administrative officer Morrell John Berry (* 1959), Deputy Secretary of State for Regulation, Administration and Budget in the US Department of the Interior from 1997 to 2000.
Web links
- Berry Bastion in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Berry Bastion on geographic.org (English)