Holt Nunatak () is a prominent
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
lying at the northeast corner of
Larsen Inlet in
Graham Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1960–61), and was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the
Holt Manufacturing Company of
Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir ...
, which began commercial production of chain-track tractors in 1906, and the
Holt Caterpillar Tractor Company
Holt or holte may refer to:
Natural world
*Holt (den), an otter den
* Holt, an area of woodland
Places Australia
* Holt, Australian Capital Territory
* Division of Holt, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in V ...
of
New York City, founded two years later.
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References
Nunataks of Graham Land
Nordenskjöld Coast
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