It was named by the Western Journey Party, led by Thomas Griffith Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13.

Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Henry Perk, Chief Pilot, Kenn Borek Air, Ltd., Calgary, Canada, who has flown Twin Otter aircraft in the McMurdo Sound region and in many remote parts of the continent in direct support of the United States Antarctic Program from 1989.

A peak immediately northwest of Lake Fryxell, rising to 1,250 metres (4,100 ft) high between Canada Glacier and Huey Gully on the north side of Taylor Valley.

Containing some glacial ice from Commonwealth Glacier, the gully provides meltwater to Huey Creek, which descends south to Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley.

This valley was visited in the 1965-66 field season by Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (Edward D. Ghent, leader) which named the tarns.

A ridge that parallels the south flank of Commonwealth Glacier, 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) north of Mount Falconer.

It is therefore recommended that it not be approved and that this ridge be named after Edward D. Ghent, leader of the 1965-66 VUWAE, later with the Department of Geology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

An ice free summit 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) northeast of Mount Falconer, rising to 700 metres (2,300 ft) high on the north side of Taylor Valley.

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