Feature Name (see definition): Holmes Hills

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6912

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 08' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 25' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.1333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.4166667

Elevation (see definition): 1700

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A group of ridges and nunataks rising to c. 1,700 m between Runcorn Glacier and Beaumont Glacier, bounded to SW by Brennecke Nunataks in south-central Palmer Land. Mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1972-73. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1978 after Arthur Holmes (1890-1965), Scottish geologist, Professor of Geology, Edinburgh University, 1943-56.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data