Historical Marker Program

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Holmes Peak

Tulsa County
Location: on Keystone Expressway (US-64) at the intersection of 45th West Avenue in Tulsa
Topics: American Indians; Environmental/Cultural Ecology; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Religion/Philosophy; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Holmes Peak is the only geographical feature on Earth officially named by a government in honor of Sherlock Holmes. The US Board on Geographic Names approved the name on October 24, 1984. Another officially named geographic feature to honor Holmes is a crater on the Moon named by Astronaut Harrison Schmidt on the Apollo 17 Moon Landing.