Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Holmes Hills (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Holmes Hills (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill
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 c. 1700m between Runcorn Glacier and Beaumont Glacier, bounded to SW by Brennecke Nunataks, central Palmer Land, were photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; in association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named after Arthur Holmes (1890-1965), Scottish geologist and specialist in radiometric dating; Professor of Geology, Edinburgh University, 1943-56 (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; APC, 1980, p.4).
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