Wyeth Heights
| Wyeth Heights | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 45 ′ S , 29 ° 32 ′ W | |
The Wyeth Heights are a group of rocky peaks in the East Antarctic Coatsland . They tower up to 1,335 m high at the head of the Blaiklock Glacier and form the southeastern extension of the Otter Highlands in the west of the Shackleton Range .
They were measured in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . This was followed by aerial photographs by the United States Navy in 1967 and further survey work by the British Antarctic Survey from 1968 to 1971 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1972 after Robert Beals "Bob" Wyeth (* 1947), a survey geologist on Stonington Island from 1971 to 1973 who worked in 1971 in the Shackleton Range.
Web links
- Wyeth Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wyeth Heights on geographic.org (English)