Mount Harker
Highest point
Elevation914 m (2,999 ft)
Coordinates77°18′00″S 162°05′00″E / 77.30000°S 162.08333°E / -77.30000; 162.08333
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Parent rangeSaint Johns Range

Mount Harker is a mountain peak located east of Willis Glacier in the Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) led by Robert Falcon Scott. The mountain is named for Alfred Harker (1859–1939), an English geologist who specialised in petrology and petrography.[1]

Cited references

  1. "Mount Harker". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-05-13.


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