Barnes Peak
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Barnes Peak is a peak
, 3360 metres (11,023.6 ft) high, standing 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Dickerson
in the Queen Alexandra Range
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Elwood E. Barnes, United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic rays scientist at Hallett Station, 1963.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 3360 metres (11,023.6 ft) high, standing 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Dickerson
Mount Dickerson
Mount Dickerson is a prominent mountain, standing 6 km east of Mount Kirkpatrick in the Queen Alexandra Range in East Antarctica. The mountain was named by US-ACAN for LCDR Richard G. Dickerson, US Navy, VX-6 aircraft commander during US naval operations in 1964....
in the Queen Alexandra Range
Queen Alexandra Range
The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in East Antarctica, about 160 km long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range and Königin Alexandra...
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for Elwood E. Barnes, United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic rays scientist at Hallett Station, 1963.