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Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m,SCAR Composite Gazetteer. Holmes Summit
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Glen Glacier Glen Glacier () is a glacier at least long, flowing south in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica to join Recovery Glacier to the west of the Read Mountains. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) and na ...
in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Professor
Herbert H. Read Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...
, Chairman of the
Scientific Committee Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and member of the Committee of Management of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–58.


Features

Geographical features include:


Du Toit Nunataks


Other features

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Arkell Cirque Arkell Cirque () is a large cirque on the south face of the central Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. It was name ...
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Beche Blade Beche Blade () is a sharp-crested ridge rising to between Murchison Cirque and Arkell Cirque on the south side of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarct ...
* Bowen Cirque *
Eskola Cirque Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Flett Crags Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Glen Glacier Glen Glacier () is a glacier at least long, flowing south in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica to join Recovery Glacier to the west of the Read Mountains. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) and na ...
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Goldschmidt Cirque Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Professo ...
* Holmes Summit *
Kuno Cirque Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Lapworth Cirque Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Mantell Screes Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
* Mount Wegener *
Murchison Cirque Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Nicol Crags Nicol Crags () is a rock crags rising to about 1,300 m to the south of Arkell Cirque 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 associati ...
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Niggli Nunataks Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Strachey Stump Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest Holmes Summit 1,875 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Profess ...
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Swinnerton Ledge Swinnerton Ledge () is a flat-topped ridge rising to about 1,500 m and marking the east end of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968–71. I ...
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Trueman Terraces Trueman Terraces () are ice-free terraces rising to 1,520 m on the east side of Goldschmidt Cirque, near the east end of Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey ( ...
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Watts Needle Watts Needle () is a needle-shaped peak (1,450 m) at the southwest end of the ridge east of Glen Glacier, in the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967 and was surveyed by the British An ...


References

Mountain ranges of Coats Land {{CoatsLand-geo-stub