Name details
Barker Channel
Barker Channel (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Barker Channel (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Channel
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Narrative
This channel (about 1 km long and less than 50 m wide at several points) is a tidal race linking Prydz Bay and Taynaya Bay, in the Vestfold Hills. It is a rushing turmoil at tidal extremes in summer. It is believed to be ice-dammed in winter.
Named For
Named for Roger Barker, an aquatic biologist at Davis in 1975, who worked in this area tagging seals and water sampling. He subsequently died after an accident at Macquarie Island.
Location
Images
©Rick Oates 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21844
- Caption
- Barker Channel, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Northwest.
- Photographer
- Oates, Rick
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