Name details

Otter Highlands

Otter Highlands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Otter Highlands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 129740

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of peaks and ridges extending NW-SE for 17 mi from Mount Lowe to Wyeth Heights, located W of Blaiklock Glacier and forming the W end of the Shackleton Range. Surveyed by the CTAE in 1957. Named by the UK-APC in 1972 after the de Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the CTAE.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 38' 00.0" S
-80.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
30° 00' 00.0" W
-30.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
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