Wikiwand AI

Otter Highlands

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Otter Highlands
Shackleton Range. Otter Highlands in the extreme west (left)
Geography
Otter Highlands is located in Antarctica
Otter Highlands
Range coordinates80°38′S 30°0′W / 80.633°S 30.000°W / -80.633; -30.000

Otter Highlands (80°38′S 30°0′W / 80.633°S 30.000°W / -80.633; -30.000) is a group of peaks and ridges extending northwest-southeast for 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) from Mount Lowe to Wyeth Heights, located west of Blaiklock Glacier and forming the west end of the Shackleton Range. Surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1972 after the De Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the CTAE.[1]

Mount Lowe

References

Sources

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks