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 Summit (GBR) | 80° 40' 00.0" S | 24° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109347
Place ID: 6526
highest peak (1875m) in Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967; climbed and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after Prof. A. Holmes (Holmes Hills, q.v.) (APC, 1974, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Holmes Summit (USA) | 80° 40' 00.0" S | 24° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 126641
Place ID: 6526
Peak rising to 1,875 m, the highest elevation in the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Professor Arthur Holmes (Holmes Hills, q.v). |
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