Haskard Highlands
| Haskard Highlands | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Weston ( 1210 m ) | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 30 ′ S , 29 ° 15 ′ W | |
The Haskard Highlands are a mountain range of peaks and ridges in the East Antarctic Coatsland . They are located between the Blaiklock Glacier and the Stratton Glacier in the Shackleton Range . The highest point is Mount Weston at 1210 m . Corresponding formations between Mount Provender and the Pointer Nunatak also belong to them.
They were mapped in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) led by British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after Cosmo Haskard (1916–2017), governor of the Falkland Islands from 1964 to 1970 .
Web links
- Haskard Highlands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Haskard Highlands on geographic.org (English)