Canis Heights
| Canis Heights | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Dyer Plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 25 ′ S , 66 ° 19 ′ W | |
The Canis Heights are a largely snow-covered mountain range in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises between the upper two secondary glaciers of the Millett Glacier on the western edge of the Dyer Plateau .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountains in 1976 after the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor .
Web links
- Canis Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Canis Heights on geographic.org (English)