Holth Peaks
| Holth Peaks | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 25 ′ S , 86 ° 43 ′ W | |
The Holth Peaks are a group of up to 1,820 m high mountain peaks in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . They extend in a northeast-southwest direction 3 km northwest of Mount Lymburner at the northern end of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains .
The American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth discovered them during his transantarctic flight on November 23, 1935. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1961 after the Norwegian Baard Holth (1889–1975), captain of the ship Wyatt Earp for Ellsworth's first Antarctic expedition (1933–1975) 1934).
Web links
- Holth peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holth Peaks on geographic.org (English).