Mount Harker
Encyclopedia
Mount Harker is a mountain
peak located east of Willis Glacier
in the Saint Johns Range
, Victoria Land
, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the Terra Nova Expedition
(1910–1913) led by Robert Falcon Scott
. The mountain is named for Alfred Harker
(1859–1939), an English
geologist
who specialised in petrology
and petrography
.
Mountain
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peak located east of Willis Glacier
Willis Glacier
Willis Glacier is a valley glacier in the St. Johns Range of Victoria Land, flowing northeast from Schist Peak along the west side of Mount Harker to Debenham Glacier. Charted by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition , 1959–60, and named by them for I.A.G. Willis, geophysicist...
in the Saint Johns Range
Saint Johns Range
Saint Johns Range is a crescent-shaped mountain range about long, in Victoria Land. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton, Miller and Debenham Glaciers, and on the south by Victoria Valley and the Victoria Upper and Victoria Lower Glaciers. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the Terra Nova Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
(1910–1913) led by Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
. The mountain is named for Alfred Harker
Alfred Harker (petrologist)
Alfred Harker FRS was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and conducted extensive surveying and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye...
(1859–1939), an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
who specialised in petrology
Petrology
Petrology is the branch of geology that studies rocks, and the conditions in which rocks form....
and petrography
Petrography
Petrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. Petrographic descriptions start with the field notes at the...
.
External links
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre Antarctic Gazeteer entry for Mount Harker.
- Consorzio PNRA Composite Gazeteer of Antarctica entry for Mount Harker.