Harris Peak (Grahamland)
| Harris Peak | ||
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| height | 1005 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 35 ′ 23 ″ S , 61 ° 46 ′ 13 ″ W | |
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The Harris Peak is a 1,005 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises at the base of the Reclus Peninsula .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1960 after Leslie Harris, carpenter and assistant to the FIDS on the station on Danco Island in 1956, who participated in the FIDS exploration trips from this station and at that time was involved from the neighboring Portal Point .
Web links
- Harris Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Harris Peak on geographic.org (English)