Derrick Peak
Prominent ice-free peak in Antarctica
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::summary Prominent ice-free peak in Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country_type | Continent |
| country | Antarctica |
| parent | Britannia Range |
| length_km | |
| width_km | |
| coordinates | |
| map | Antarctica |
| :: |
| name= | photo= | photo_caption= | country_type=Continent | country=Antarctica | region_type = | region= | parent= Britannia Range | border= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | highest= | elevation_m= | elevation_ref= | coordinates = | coordinates_ref= | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | map=Antarctica | map_caption= Derrick Peak () is a prominent ice-free peak, 2,070 m high, overlooking the south side of Hatherton Glacier, 3 nmi west of the north end of Johnstone Ridge.
Name
Derrick Peak was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert O. Derrick of the United States Weather Bureau, who served as assistant to the United States Antarctic Research Program Representative at Christchurch from 1960 until his death in 1966.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/C80202s5_Ant.Map_Mount_Olympus.jpg" caption="Derrick Peak in north center"] ::
Derrick Peak is in the north of the Britannia Range, overlooking the Hatherton Glacier to the north, which forms the boundary with the Darwin Mountains. It is east of a line of relatively ice-free valleys and ridges along the south side of Hatherton Glacier, north of Mount Henderson and west of Johnstone Ridge and Dusky Ridge. Most of the nearby features were named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (New Zealand) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby.
Western features
Nearby features to the west include:
Lindum Valley
Magnis Valley
Magnis Ridge
DeGalan Peak
Metaris Valley
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, 2130 m 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
Pontes Ridge
Sabrina Valley
Sabrina Ridge
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18188 |name=DeGalan Peak}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C80202s5_Ant.Map_Mount_Olympus.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-12 |title=Mount Olympus |year=1960 |publisher=USGS United States Geologic Survey |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18190 |name=Onnum Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18189 |name=Operose Peak}}
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