Carina Heights
| Carina Heights | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Dyer Plateau | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 9 ′ S , 66 ° 8 ′ W | |
The Carina Heights are expansive hills in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise near the head of the Ryder Glacier on the western edge of the Dyer Plateau and are bounded in the northwest by cliffs and in the northwest by a glacier break.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the group on July 21, 1976 after the constellation Carina .
Web links
- Carina Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carina Heights on geographic.org (English)