Otter Highlands
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Otter Highlands is a group of peaks and ridges extending NW-SE for 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Mount Lowe
to Wyeth Heights
, located west of Blaiklock Glacier
and forming the west end of the Shackleton Range
. Surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1972 after the de Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the CTAE.
Mount Lowe (Antarctica)
Mount Lowe is a mountain having two peaks, the highest 990 m, on the south side of the mouth of Blaiklock Glacier in the west part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica....
to Wyeth Heights
Wyeth Heights
Wyeth Heights is a rock heights rising to 1,335 m at the head of Blaiklock Glacier, forming the southeast extremity of Otter Highlands in western Shackleton Range. The feature was surveyed by Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1957, photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and...
, located west of Blaiklock Glacier
Blaiklock Glacier
Blaiklock Glacier is a glacier long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the west part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition , and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, leader of the advance...
and forming the west end of the Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....
. Surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1972 after the de Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the CTAE.