Holmes, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Holmes (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 1580m on SW side of Cabinet Inlet, Foyn coast, was photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1947-48; resurveyed by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1963-64; in association with the names of Antarctic bibliographers grouped in this area, named after Sir (Gerald) Maurice Holmes (1885-1964), author of An introduction to the bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN (London, 1936); Permanent Secretary, Board of Education, 1937-45 (BA chart 3570, 4.vi.1954; APC, 1955, p.12; DCS 601 sheet 66 64, 1955).
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