Wyeth Heights

Wyeth Heights (80°45′S 29°33′W / 80.750°S 29.550°W / -80.750; -29.550Coordinates: 80°45′S 29°33′W / 80.750°S 29.550°W / -80.750; -29.550) 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 the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957 and was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967. It was further surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from 1968-71. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Robert B. Wyeth, a BAS geologist on Stonington Island from 1971–73 who worked in the Shackleton Range in 1971.

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