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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Holmes Hills (GBR) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 63° 25' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 109344
Place ID: 6522
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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| Holmes Hills (USA) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 63° 25' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 126638
Place ID: 6522
A group of ridges and nunataks rising to c. 1,700 m between Runcorn Glacier and Beaumont Glacier, bounded to SW by Brennecke Nunataks in south-central Palmer Land. Mapped by the USGS from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Surveyed by BAS, 1972-73. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by the US-ACAN in 1978 after Arthur Holmes (1890-1965), Scottish geologist, Professor of Geology, Edinburgh University, 1943-56. |
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