Gallaher Peak
Gallaher Peak | ||
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height | 1005 m | |
location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Berry Peaks , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 85 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 138 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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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 .
Web links
- Gallaher Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gallaher Peak on geographic.org (English)