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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| Mount Holmes (GBR) | 66° 46' 00.0" S | 64° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109348
Place ID: 6527
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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| Mount Holmes (USA) | 66° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126642
Place ID: 6527
Buttress-type mountain, 1,440 m, standing 3 mi NW of Mount Hayes on the E coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, and photographed from the air by the RARE under Ronne. Named by the FIDS for Maurice Holmes, author of An Introduction to the Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N. (London, 1936). |
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