Mount Homard

Mount Homard (80°40′S 29°50′W) 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]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Homard, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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