Otter Highlands

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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

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