This page presents the geographical name data for
Wyeth Heights 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):
Wyeth Heights
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16839
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
80° 45' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
029° 33' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-80.75
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-29.55
Elevation
(see definition):
1335
Decision Year
(see definition):
No data
Description
(see definition):
Rock heights rising to 1,335 m at the head of Blaiklock Glacier, forming the SE extremity of Otter Highlands in western Shackleton Range. The feature was surveyed by Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1957, photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and further surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Robert B. Wyeth, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist, Stonington Island, 1971-73, who worked in the Shackleton Range in 1971.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Wyeth Heights 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
Wyeth Heights information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Wyeth Heights should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.