Barker Range () is a

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trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the

Millen Range The Millen Range () is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range in the Victory Mountains of Antarctica. Peaks in the range include Inferno, Omega, Le Couteur, Head, Cirque, Gless, Turret, ...

in the

Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () are a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. They are north of the Mountaineer Range, east of the Freyber ...

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, Antarctica. It was named by the

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(NZ-APC) for James Barker, leader at

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, 1972.

Location

The Barker Range is southeast of the Destination Nunataks. It is to the east of the

Evans Névé Rennick Glacier () is a broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier r ...

and the head of the

Mariner Glacier The Mariner Glacier () is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Ma ...

. The Webb Névé is to the south of the range. The

Miller Range The Miller Range () is a mountain range extending south from Nimrod Glacier for along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier in Antarctica. Name The range is named for J.H. "Bob", now Sir Joseph Holmes Miller, a member of the New Zealand p ...

of the

is to the east. At the east of the range, the

Wood Glacier Tucker Glacier () is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

flowing from the northwest converges with

Osuga Glacier Tucker Glacier () is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homer ...

from the southwest to form

Trafalgar Glacier Tucker Glacier () is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homer ...

Features

Jato Nunatak

. A small but distinctive nunatak at the north end of Barker Range. Named by the Southern Party of the

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(NZFMCAE), 1962-63, after the

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O'Donnell Peak

. A peak on the polar plateau, situated west of

Joice Icefall The Millen Range () is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range in the Victory Mountains of Antarctica. Peaks in the range include Inferno, Omega, Le Couteur, Head, Cirque, Gless, Turret, ...

of the Millen Range. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Frank B. O'Donnell, meteorologist at Hallett Station in 1962.

Icefall Nunatak

. A nunatak north of Mount Watt. The nunatak was visited in 1981-82 by Bradley Field, geologist,

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(NZGS), who suggested the name from the impressive icefalls that drop off at either side of the feature.

Mount Watt

. A peak, high, located northwest of Mount Roy. Named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after B.H. Watt, expedition secretary.

Benighted Pass

. A snow pass between Mount Watt and Mount Roy. The name was suggested by New Zealand geologist M.G. Laird and derives from the forced lay-over of his field party in an emergency tent due to bad weather on the pass during 1981-82.

Mount Roy

. A mountain rising to high on the south side of Benighted Pass. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN after Robert R. Roy, cook at Hallett Station in 1957.

Mount Jennings

. A peak rising to about high immediately south of Mount Roy. Named by the

(NZ-APC) after Peter Jennings, field assistant and mechanic with the

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(VUWAE) Evans Névé field party, 1971-72.

Kyle Peak

. A peak northeast of Mount McCarthy, rising to about high. Named by the NZ-APC after Philip R. Kyle, geologist who worked in the vicinity of this peak, including

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, with the VUWAE, 1971-72; further geological work in this area with United States ArmyRP during the International Northern Victoria Land Project, 1981-82.

Mount McCarthy

. A peak, high, standing northwest of Schofield Peak. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the Terra Nova of the BrAE, 1910-13. McCarthy, was a guest of the United States Navy during the 1962-63 season when he revisited McMurdo Sound with two other Scott veterans.

Schofield Peak

. A peak southeast of Mount McCarthy. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN after Edmund A. Schofield, biologist at Hallett Station, summer 1963-64, and McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Mount McDonald

. A peak high on the north side of Trafalgar Glacier, northwest of Mount Burton. Named by NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for William McDonald, crew member on the Terra Nova during the BrAE, 1910-13. McDonald, who lives in New Zealand, was a guest of the United States Navy during the 1962-63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Scott's veterans.

Mount Burton

. A graywacke peak high standing at the west side of the mouth of

. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after William Burton, crew member on the Terra Nova during the BrAE, 1910-13. Burton, who lived in New Zealand, was a guest of the United States Navy during the 1962-63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Scott's veterans.

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