Holmes Block
Holmes Block is a blocklike bluff, rising to 1,855 metres at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier, 2 nautical miles west of Cooke Bluff, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.- Peak rising to 1,855 metres (6,086 feet)
- …is named after John W. Holmes
- Description: bluff in Victoria Land, Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.21982° or 78° 13′ 11″ south
Longitude
161.59013° or 161° 35′ 25″ east
Open location code
2VH3QHJR+33
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Holmes Block” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holmes Block”
- Chinese: “霍姆斯海崖”
- Dutch: “Holmes Block”
- German: “Holmes Block”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Holmes Block”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Holmes Block”
- Norwegian: “Holmes Block”
- Swedish: “Holmes Block”
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