Otter Highlands
| Otter Highlands | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Homard ( 1200 m ) | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 40 ′ S , 29 ° 59 ′ W | |
The Otter Highlands are a group of peaks and ridges in the East Antarctic Coatsland . They are located at the western end of the Shackleton Range west of Blaiklock Glacier and extend northeast to southwest over a length of 17 miles from Mount Lowe to Wyeth Heights .
They were measured in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 "Otter" , which was used for air support on this research trip .
Web links
- Otter Highlands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Otter Highlands on geographic.org (English)