Care Heights
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Care Heights are a group of mostly ice-covered peaks and ridges, rising to about 1500 metres (4,921.3 ft) north of Tufts Pass
and forming the southern end of the Rouen Mountains
, Alexander Island
. The feature was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
, 1947–48, and was mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1960. Further delineation was made from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966–67 and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken January 1974. The heights were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1977 after Bernard W. Care, British Antarctic Survey
geologist, Stonington Island
, 1973–75; Adelaide Island
and north Alexander Island, 1975–76 and 1976-77.
Tufts Pass
Tufts Pass is a pass extending in an east-west direction between Rouen Mountains and Elgar Uplands in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1937...
and forming the southern end of the Rouen Mountains
Rouen Mountains
The Rouen Mountains are a prominent mountain range, reaching about 2,800 m and extending 35 miles NW-SE from Mount Bayonne to Care Heights and Mount Cupola, in north Alexander Island, Antarctica....
, Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. The feature was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
, 1947–48, and was mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1960. Further delineation was made from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966–67 and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken January 1974. The heights were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1977 after Bernard W. Care, British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....
geologist, Stonington Island
Stonington Island
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1 mile northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Stonington Island is located at . Stonington Island, 0.4 miles long from northwest to southeast and 0.2 miles wide formerly connected by a drifted snow...
, 1973–75; Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims, at .Adelaide Island was...
and north Alexander Island, 1975–76 and 1976-77.