Description

In Denali National Park, between Harper Glacier and Harper Icefall, 3 miles northeast of summit of Mount McKinley (formerly Denali), Alaska Range; incomplete record.

History

Named in 1913 by Archdeacon Stuck (1921 ,p73) for Herschel Clifford Parker, 1867-1931, physicist and mining engineer, who accompanied Belmore Browne on the expedition which nearly succeeded in reaching the summit of Mount McKinley (formerly Denali) in 1912.

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