Watlack Hills
| Watlack Hills | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Twiss ( 2000 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 26 ′ S , 85 ° 22 ′ W | |
The Watlack Hills are a chain of mostly ice-free peaks in the western part of the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . The Dobbratz Glacier flows around them in the south and east, the White Escarpment in the west and the Splettstoesser Glacier in the north .
The peaks of the chain include the 2000 m high Mount Twiss at the northern end, the 1450 m high Skelly Peak at the end of a spur at the northeast end and the 1730 m high Carnell Peak in the southern part.
The Watlack Hills got their name from a geological expedition of the University of Minnesota , which explored the area in the summer of 1963/64. She named the chain after Chief Warrant Officer Richard G. Watlack (1932-2011), a pilot of the 62nd Transportation Detachment of the United States Army , who supported the expedition on site.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Watlack Hills ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ↑ Mount Twiss ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ↑ Skelly Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ↑ Carnell Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 19, 2010.