Parker Peak (Thurston Island)
| Parker Peak | ||
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 Map of Thurston Island with Parker Peak (center right) |
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| location | Thurston Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Walker Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 97 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Parker Peak is a mountain on the Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . In the Walker Mountains, it looms at the base of the Evans Peninsula .
Its position was first determined from aerial photographs taken by the VX-6 United States Navy squadron in January 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1961 after Alton Norman Parker (1895-1942), a pilot in the first Antarctic expedition (1928-1930) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Parker Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parker Peak on geographic.org (English)