Archer Peak is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
, high, on the southwest extremity of
Possession Island, Antarctica
The Possession Islands are a group of small islands and Rock (geology), rocks extending over an area of about , lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, lying south-east of Cape McCormick and east of Cape Roget, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. ...
. It was named by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, either for A. Archer, Esq., of Australia, mentioned in the preface to
Carsten Borchgrevink's ''First on the Antarctic Continent'', or for
Colin Archer Colin Archer (22 July 1832 – 8 February 1921) was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder known for his seaworthy pilot and rescue boats and the larger sailing and polar ships. His most famous ship is the ''Fram'', used on both in Fridtj ...
who designed Borchgrevink's vessel, the
SS ''Southern Cross''.
References
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Mountains of Victoria Land
Borchgrevink Coast
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