Feature Name (see definition): American Highland

Feature Class (see definition): Area

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 353

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 078° 00' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 78

Elevation (see definition): 2800

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): That portion of Antarctica back of the Ingrid Christensen Coast and eastward of Lambert Glacier, consisting of an upland snow surface (2,800 m) except for a group of nunataks (Grove Mountains) near 75E. The area was discovered and named by Lincoln Ellsworth on January 11, 1939, in an aerial flight from his ship, the and by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) (1956 and 1957), the latter group making a landing to obtain an astrofix at Grove Mountains, 1958.

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