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Holmes
Holmes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Holmes (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective * Holmes (given name), a list of people * Gordon Holmes, a penname used by Louis Tracy (1863–1928), British journalist and fiction writer Places In the United States * Holmes, California, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Holmes, a hamlet within Pawling (town), New York * Holmes Township, Michigan * Holmes City Township, Minnesota * Holmes Township, Crawford County, Ohio * Holmes County, Florida * Holmes County, Mississippi * Holmes County, Ohio * Mount Holmes, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming * Fort Holmes, Mackinac Island, Michigan * Holmes Island (Indiana), an island and community * Holmes Island (Washington), an island * Holmes Reservation, a conservation parcel in Plymouth, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes (surname)
Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins. The name can be a variant of the surname ''Holme''. This surname has several etymological origins: it can be derived from a name for someone who lived next to a holly tree, from the Middle English ''holm''; it can also be derived from the Old English ''holm'' and Old Norse ''holmr''.. This webpage cited: . Another probable origin of Holmes is from a placename near Dundonald, or else a place located in the barony of Inchestuir. The surname is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Mac Thomáis''; similarly, ''Holmes'' can also be a variant of '' Cavish'', derived as an Anglicised form of ''Mac Thámhais''.. This webpage cited: . People by first name A * Alan Holmes, Welsh musician and record producer * Albert Holmes (footballer born 1942), English-born football defender who played for Chesterfield * Alex Holmes (born 1981), American football player * Alexander Holmes, crewman of '' William Brown (ship)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Island (Indiana)
Holmes Island is located in Pine Lake, in Center Township, LaPorte County, just northwest of LaPorte, Indiana. The island is a residential community. See also *Islands of the Midwest This is a partial list of islands of the Midwestern United States. States Illinois *Bardwell Island * Big Blue Island * Campbell's Island * Carroll Island * Chouteau Island * Dillon Island * Goose Island * Isle a la Cache * Kaskaskia Island ... References Landforms of LaPorte County, Indiana Lake islands of Indiana {{LaPorteCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes (crater)
Holmes may refer to: Name * Holmes (surname) * Holmes (given name) * Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland * Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer Places In the United States * Holmes, California, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Holmes, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Holmes, a hamlet within Pawling (town), New York * Holmes Township, Michigan * Holmes City Township, Minnesota * Holmes Township, Crawford County, Ohio * Holmes County, Florida * Holmes County, Mississippi * Holmes County, Ohio * Mount Holmes, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming * Fort Holmes, Mackinac Island, Michigan * Holmes Island (Indiana), an island and community * Holmes Island (Washington), an island * Holmes Reservation, a conservation parcel in Plymouth, Massachusetts In Antarctica * Holmes Summit * Holmes Glacier * Holm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5477 Holmes
5477 Holmes, provisional designation , is a Hungaria asteroid and binary system from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 27 October 1989, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California. The presumed E-type asteroid is likely spherical in shape and has a short rotation period of 2.99 hours. It was named for American amateur astronomer Robert Holmes. The discovery of its 1-kilometer-sized minor-planet moon was announced in November 2005. Orbit and classification ''Holmes'' is a core member of the Hungaria family (), a large family of bright asteroids that forms the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System, as the Mars-crosser and near-Earth populations are much more sparse. The family is part of the larger dynamical group with the same name. It orbits the Sun in the innermost asteroid belt at a distance of 1.8–2.1 AU once every 2 years and 8 months (970 days; se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17P/Holmes
Comet Holmes (official designation: 17P/Holmes) is a periodic comet in the Solar System, discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892. Although normally a very faint object, Holmes became notable during its October 2007 return when it temporarily brightened by a factor of a million, in what was the largest known outburst by a comet, and became visible to the naked eye. It also briefly became the largest object in the Solar System, as its coma (the thin dissipating dust ball around the comet) expanded to a diameter greater than that of the Sun (although its mass remained minuscule). Discovery Comet Holmes was discovered by Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892, while he was conducting regular observations of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Its discovery in 1892 was possible because of an increase in its magnitude similar to the 2007 outburst; it brightened to an approximate magnitude of 4 or 5 before fading from visibility over a period of several wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Block
Holmes Block () is a blocklike bluff, rising to at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier, west of Cooke Bluff, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after John W. Holmes, a cartographer specialising in Antarctic mapping with the United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ... (USGS) Branch of Special Maps, 1951–77, and from 1977, assigned to the USGS Mapping Applications Center. References Cliffs of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Bluff
Holmes Bluff () is a bluff marking the northern end of the Demas Range on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The feature was observed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, but was first mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey, 1959–65. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Thomas J. Holmes, a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. History A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marin ... in 1961. References Cliffs of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Rock
Holmes Rock is rising to north of Greenwich Island and west of Aitcho group in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The feature is named after Captain Jeremiah Holmes, Master of the American sealing vessel ''Emeline'' that visited the South Shetlands in 1820-21 and operated from nearby Clothier Harbour. Location The rock is located west of Riksa Islands, west-northwest of Emeline Island, north-northeast of Stoker Island, east-southeast of Romeo Island, south by west of Table Island and southwest of Morris Rock. It is separated from neighbouring Nikudin Rock to the west-southwest by a 150 m wide passage (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). See also * Aitcho Islands * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * Greenwich Island * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Island (Antarctica)
Holmes Island () is an island long, lying south of Vieugue Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Bryan Holmes, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyor at Prospect Point in 1957, who was attached to the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... in this area, 1957–58. See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands References Islands of the Biscoe Islands {{Biscoes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Ridge
Holmes Ridge () is a rock ridge, long, which is the largest feature in the western part of the Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after Robert E. Holmes of the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ..., who was involved with the siting and operation of automatic weather station units throughout Antarctica, 1991–97. References Ridges of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Hills
The Holmes Hills () are a group of ridges and nunataks rising to about between Runcorn Glacier and Beaumont Glacier, bounded to the southwest by the Brennecke Nunataks, in south-central Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966–69, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1972–73. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, the hills were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1978 after Scottish geologist Arthur Holmes, Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ..., 1943–56. References Ridges of Palmer Land Nunataks of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Glacier
Holmes Glacier () is a broad glacier debouching into the western part of Porpoise Bay about south of Cape Spieden. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Dr. Silas Holmes, Assistant Surgeon on the brig ''Porpoise'' during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * Glaciology Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ... References * Glaciers of Wilkes Land {{WilkesLand-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
