Mount Homard

Mount Homard (80°40′S 29°50′W / 80.667°S 29.833°W / -80.667; -29.833Coordinates: 80°40′S 29°50′W / 80.667°S 29.833°W / -80.667; -29.833) is a mountain 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) high, near the head of Blaiklock Glacier, 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of the Trey Peaks in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and was named for Sergeant Major Desmond E.L. Homard, an engineer with the advance and transpolar parties of the expedition, 1955-58.[1]

References

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

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