Barker Nunatak () is one of the
Grossman Nunataks
The Grossman Nunataks () are a group of about a dozen nunataks in Palmer Land, Antarctica, rising in elevation and running northwest–southeast for between the Lyon Nunataks and the Sky-Hi Nunataks. The group includes features from the Smi ...
, located northeast of the
Fletcher Nunataks. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
after
Kenneth Barker, a
United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer who, with
James B. Fletcher, formed the USGS satellite surveying team at
South Pole Station, winter party 1977.
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See also
* Fletcher Nunataks
References
Nunataks of Palmer Land
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