Gallaher Peak

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Gallaher Peak
height 1005  m
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Mountains Berry Peaks , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 85 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  S , 138 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 85 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  S , 138 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W
Gallaher Peak (Antarctica)
Gallaher Peak
Normal way Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Gallaher Peak is a 1,005  m high mountain at the Gould Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . As one of the Berry Peaks, it looms between the southeastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Watson Escarpment .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 after James T. Gallaher, who worked as an electrician at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1958 .

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