Holst Peak
| Holst Peak | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 14 ′ 24 ″ S , 69 ° 25 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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The Holst peak is around 1000 m high, rocky and pyramid-shaped mountain in the center of the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It looms halfway between the southern end of the Walton Mountains and the LeMay Range .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after the British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).
Web links
- Holst peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holst Peak on geographic.org (English)