Barker Range
Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica
title: "Barker Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land", "borchgrevink-coast"] description: "Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| map | Antarctica |
| label | Barker Range |
| region | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
| country | Antarctica |
| country_type | Continent |
| range_coordinates | |
| :: |
| name= | photo= | photo_caption= | native_name= | map=Antarctica | label=Barker Range | map_caption= | region=Victoria Land, Antarctica | region_type = | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | parent= | border= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | highest= | elevation_ft= | range_coordinates = Barker Range () is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for James Barker, leader at Scott Base, 1972.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/C72193s5_Ant.Map_Freyberg_Mountains.jpg" caption="Western Barker Range towards southeast"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/C72189s1_Ant.Map_Cape_Hallet.jpg" caption="Eastern Barker Range towards southwest"] ::
The Barker Range is southeast of the Destination Nunataks. It is to the east of the Evans Névé and the head of the Mariner Glacier. The Webb Névé is to the south of the range. The Miller Range of the Victory Mountains is to the east. At the east of the range, the Wood Glacier flowing from the northwest converges with Osuga Glacier from the southwest to form Trafalgar Glacier.
Features
Jato Nunatak
O'Donnell Peak
Icefall Nunatak
Mount Watt
Benighted Pass
Mount Roy
Mount Jennings
Kyle Peak
Mount McCarthy
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Bust_of_Mortimer_McCarthy_on_the_Timothy_and_Mortimer_McCarthy_memorial_by_Graham_Brett,_Kinsale.jpg" caption="Mortimer McCarthy on the 2000 memorial to Timothy and Mortimer McCarthy by Graham Brett in [[Kinsale]], Ireland"] ::
Schofield Peak
Mount McDonald
Mount Burton
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C72189s1_Ant.Map_Cape_Hallet.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-05 |title=Cape Hallet |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C72193s5_Ant.Map_Freyberg_Mountains.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-04 |title=Freyberg Mountains |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
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