Barnum Peak () is a

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, high, surmounting the east end of a prominent snow-covered rock divide near the head of

Liv Glacier Liv Glacier () is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. It was disc ...

, just south of the mouth of

LaVergne Glacier Liv Glacier () is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. It was disc ...

. It was discovered by

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on the

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flight to the

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in November 1929, and named by him for J.D. Barnum, publisher of the ''

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'' and contributor to the expedition.

References

* Mountains of the Ross Dependency Dufek Coast {{DufekCoast-geo-stub