Mount Holloway

Mount Holloway (84°45′S 163°36′E / 84.750°S 163.600°E / -84.750; 163.600Coordinates: 84°45′S 163°36′E / 84.750°S 163.600°E / -84.750; 163.600) is a mountain, 2,650 metres (8,700 ft) high, standing between Swinford Glacier and Table Bay, in the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Harry L. Holloway, a United States Antarctic Research Program biologist at McMurdo Station in 1964–65.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Holloway, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-22.

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