Otter Highlands
title: "Otter Highlands" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ridges-of-coats-land", "highlands"] topic_path: "general/ridges-of-coats-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Highlands" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| photo | File:C80020s1 Ant.Map Shackleton Range.jpg |
| photo_caption | Shackleton Range. Otter Highlands in the extreme west (left) |
| map | Antarctica |
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Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/C80020s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Range_Otter_Highlands.jpg" caption="Otter Highlands to the southwest of Blaiklock Glacier"] ::
Named features, from north to south:
Mount Lowe
Main article: Mount Lowe (Antarctica)
MacQuarrie Edge
Main article: MacQuarrie Edge
Mount Haslop
Main article: Mount Haslop
Mount Homard
Main article: Mount Homard
Mount Pivot
Main article: Mount Pivot
Trey Peaks
Main article: Trey Peaks
Turnpike Bluff
Main article: Turnpike Bluff
Wyeth Heights
Main article: Wyeth Heights
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C80020s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Range.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-04 |title=Shackleton Range |publisher=United States Geological Survey |year=1983 |ref= }}
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