What American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration name Mount Harkness after Bruce Harkness?
Mount Harkness Mount Harkness ( ) is a mountain, 1,900 m high, standing 1.5 nmi south of the Organ Pipe Peaks and forming part of the east wall of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named at that time by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd for Bruce Harkness, a friend of Richard S. Russell, Jr., a member of that party.
Sail Rock (Heard Island) Sail Rock is a rock lying 1 nmi northwest of Shag Island and 7 nmi north of Heard Island. This rock, though positioned several miles too far westward, appears to have been first shown on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in the area during this period. It was more accurately charted and named on an 1874 chart by the Challenger expedition.