3-634: Holmes Block ( 78°13′S 161°35′E / 78.217°S 161.583°E / -78.217; 161.583 ) is a blocklike bluff, rising to 1,855 metres (6,090 ft) at the west side of Ruecroft Glacier , 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Cooke Bluff , in Victoria Land , Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after John W. Holmes , a cartographer specialising in Antarctic mapping with
6-491: Is a glacier named after George Ruecroft , United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographic technician in Special Maps Branch , about 1960–84, a specialist in Antarctic mapping. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Ruecroft Glacier" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] This article about
9-746: The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Branch of Special Maps, 1951–77, and from 1977, assigned to the USGS Mapping Applications Center. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Holmes Block" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Scott Coast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ruecroft Glacier Ruecroft Glacier ( 78°13′S 161°40′E / 78.217°S 161.667°E / -78.217; 161.667 )
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