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Holmes Summit: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Holmes Summit in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Holmes Summit

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6915

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 40' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 024° 40' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.6666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -24.6666667

Elevation (see definition): 1875

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): Peak rising to 1,875 m, the highest elevation in the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Professor Arthur Holmes (Holmes Hills, q.v).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Holmes Summit in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Holmes Summit information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Holmes Summit should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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