North Barrier
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 4 ′ S , 73 ° 35 ′ E | |
The North Barrier (English for northern barrier ) is a narrow and rocky mountain ridge on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It stretches north from Campbell Peak to Mount Separation and then follows the northwest flank of Compton Glacier .
Participants in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions carried out surveys and descriptive naming in 1948.
Web links
- North Barrier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- North Barrier on geographic.org