Holmes Summit
| Holmes Summit | ||
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| height | 1875 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 39 ′ 46 ″ S , 24 ° 40 ′ 4 ″ W | |
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The Holmes Summit is a mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . At 1,875 m, it is the highest point in the Shackleton Range and belongs to the Read Mountains .
The United States Navy took the first aerial photographs in 1967. This was followed by a survey of the area by the British Antarctic Survey from 1968 to 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1972 after the British geologist Arthur Holmes (1890-1965).
Web links
- Holmes Summit in Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holmes Summit on geographic.org (English)