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
Mount Holt (GBR) 69° 25' 00.0" S 71° 37' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 109355 Place ID: 6543

rising to c. 750m near terminus of Palestrina Glacier, Lazarev Bay, N Alexander Island, was surveyed by BAS, 1975-77; named after Cdr Fred C. Holt, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1976; aircraft commander, ODF, 1975 (APC, 1980, p.4).

Mount Holt (USA) 69° 25' 00.0" S 71° 43' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 126655 Place ID: 6543

Mountain rising to c. 750 m at the terminus of Palestrina Glacier, Lazarev Bay, Alexander Island. The mountain was photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and was mapped from the photos by D. Searle of FIDS in 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Fred C. Holt, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, OpDFrz, 1976; LC-130 aircraft commander, 1975.

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