Protector Heights
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 43 ′ S , 66 ° 10 ′ W | |
The Protector Heights are coastal mountains of up to 2245 m height on the Pernik Peninsula on the Loubet Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are separated from the inland plateau by a low saddle and dominate the area between the Wilkinson Glacier and southern Darbel Bay .
Aerial photographs were taken during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition between 1956 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the HMS Protector , a Royal Navy patrol boat that was used in Antarctica between 1955 and 1967.
Web links
- Protector Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Protector Heights on geographic.org (English)