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Archer Peak
Archer Peak is located in Antarctica
Archer Peak
Archer Peak
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation 110 m (360 ft)
Geography
Location Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range Possession Island, Antarctica

Archer Peak is a peak, 110 metres (360 ft) high, on the southwest extremity of Possession Island, Antarctica. It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, either for A. Archer, Esq., of Australia, mentioned in the preface to Carsten Borchgrevink's First on the Antarctic Continent, or for Colin Archer who designed Borchgrevink's vessel, the SS Southern Cross.

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