Read Mountains facts for kids
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 Professor Herbert H. Read, Chairman of the Scientific Committee and member of the Committee of Management of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–58.
Features
Geographical features include:
Du Toit Nunataks
Du Toit Nunataks
Other features
- Arkell Cirque
- Beche Blade
- Bowen Cirque
- Eskola Cirque
- Flett Crags
- Glen Glacier
- Goldschmidt Cirque
- Holmes Summit
- Kuno Cirque
- Lapworth Cirque
- Mantell Screes
- Mount Wegener
- Murchison Cirque
- Nicol Crags
- Niggli Nunataks
- Strachey Stump
- Swinnerton Ledge
- The Ark
- Trueman Terraces
- Watts Needle
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