Name details

Holt Nunatak

Holt Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Holt Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109352

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

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:

Narrative

rising to 830m N of Larsen Inlet, Nordenskjöld Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1960-61; in association with the names of pioneer designers of oversnow vehicles grouped in this area, named after the Holt Manufacturing Company, Stockton, Cal., which in 1906 began the commercial production of chain-track tractors, and after the Holt Caterpillar Tractor Company, New York, founded 2 years later (APC, 1964, p.3; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 16' 00.0" S
-64.26667°
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Longitude:
59° 24' 00.0" W
-59.40000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Feb-1964

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