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 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 References Mountain ranges of Coats Land