Derrick Peak () is a prominent ice-free peak, high, overlooking the south side of

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, west of the north end of Johnstone Ridge.

Name

Derrick Peak was named by the

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for Robert O. Derrick of the

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, who served as assistant to the

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Representative at

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from 1960 until his death in 1966.

Location

Derrick Peak is in the north of the Britannia Range, overlooking the

to the north, which forms the boundary with the

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. It is east of a line of relatively ice-free valleys and ridges along the south side of Hatherton Glacier, north of

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and west of Johnstone Ridge and Dusky Ridge. Most of the nearby features were named in association with Britannia by a

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(New Zealand) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby.

Western features

Nearby features to the west include:

Lindum Valley

. Ice-filled valley that opens northward to Hatherton Glacier, lying west-northwest of Derrick Peak. Lindum is an old Roman place name for present-day Lincoln.

Magnis Valley

. Broad ice-free valley, long, lying west of Derrick Peak. Magnis is a historical place name formerly used in Roman Britain.

Magnis Ridge

. A rock ridge west of Derrick Peak, forming the divide between Magnis Valley and Metaris Valley. Named in association with Magnis Valley.

DeGalan Peak

. A peak that rises to at the head of Magnis Valley. Named after Lee DeGalan, contractor employee in charge of U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) cargo shipments out of Port Hueneme, CA, for more than 20 years.

Metaris Valley

. A small, rounded cirque valley with steep sides and residual

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, lying west of Derrick Peak. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Metaris is the historical name of a bay in Roman Britain, known today as The Wash.

Southern features

Nearby features to the south include:

Onnum Valley

An ice-free valley between Derrick Peak and Onnum Ridge. Named in association with Onnum Ridge.

Operose Peak

A peak above Onnum Valley to the southwest of Derrick Peak. The steep lower slopes of the peak are of Beacon sandstone; the top, high, is made up of a thick dolerite sill. The Latin name means laborious or requiring great pain reflecting the steepness of the slopes.

Onnum Ridge

. A mountain spur that descends northeast to McCraw Glacier, south of Derrick Peak. Onnum is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain.

Pontes Ridge

. A mountain spur that descends eastward to McCraw Glacier, south of Derrick Peak. Pontes is a historical place name formerly used in Roman Britain.

Sabrina Valley

. An ice-free valley between Pontes Ridge and Sabrina Ridge. Named in association with Sabrina Ridge.

Sabrina Ridge

. A bare rock ridge between Sabrina Valley and Tamarus Valley, south of Derrick Peak. Sabrina is a historical name formerly used in Roman Britain for the River Severn.

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