Hallam Peak is a distinctive rock peak in the Kukri Hills

Kukri Hills

Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about long and over high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica....

, Victoria Land

Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

. The peak rises to 900 m between the heads of Von Guerard Glacier

Von Guerard Glacier

Von Guerard Glacier is a glacier between Crescent Glacier and Aiken Glacier on the north slope of Kukri Hills, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names from association with Von Guerard Creek, which flows north from this glacier into Taylor Valley....

 and Aiken Glacier

Aiken Glacier

Aiken Glacier is a small glacier between Von Guerard Glacier and Wales Glacier on the north slope of Kukri Hills, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names from association with Aiken Creek, which flows north from this glacier into Taylor Valley....

 and provides an unobstructed view of the Lake Fryxell

Lake Fryxell

Lake Fryxell is a lake long, between Canada Glacier and Commonwealth Glaciers at the lower end of Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, 1910-13, the lake was visited by Professor T.L. Péwé during USN Operation Deep Freeze,...

 locality of Taylor Valley

Taylor Valley

Taylor Valley is the southern one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east...

. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) (1997) after Dr. Cheryl A. Hallam, geographer, United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

(USGS), who specializes in geographic information systems; worked four summer seasons in Antarctica, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1999-00.