Otter Highlands () is a group of peaks and ridges extending NW-SE for 17 nautical miles (31 km) from
Mount Lowe to
Wyeth Heights, located west of
Blaiklock Glacier
Blaiklock Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarcti ...
and forming the west end of the
Shackleton Range. Surveyed by the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
in 1957. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) in 1972 after the
De Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the CTAE.
Ridges of Coats Land
Highlands
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