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Otter Highlands: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Otter Highlands in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Otter Highlands

Feature Class (see definition): Area

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11210

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 030° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -30

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): 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 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) in 1957. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1972 after the de Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Otter Highlands in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Otter Highlands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Otter Highlands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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