Heirtzler Highland
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 36 ′ S , 61 ° 22 ′ W | |
The Heirtzler Highland is up to 500 m high highlands on the Black Coast of Palmer land on the Antarctic Peninsula . At the head of the Violante Inlet , it is bounded to the north by a previously unnamed glacier and to the south by the Maury Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 after the American geophysicist James Ransom Heirtzler (* 1925), a pioneer in the study of ocean floor spreading .
Web links
- Heirtzler Highland in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)