Haslam Heights
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 25 ′ S , 67 ° 31 ′ W | |
The Haslam Heights are a mountain range with a north-northeast-south-southwest orientation on the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . The peaks reach heights of around 1000 m and tower west of the Vallot and Nye glaciers on the Arrowsmith Peninsula .
The first sighting probably goes back to participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a rough mapping in 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them on November 13, 1985 after Rear Admiral David William Haslam (1923–2009), senior hydrographer in the Royal Navy from 1975 to 1985.
Web links
- Haslam Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Haslam Heights on geographic.org (English)