Wakefield Highland () is a snow-covered highland in the central region of the
Antarctic Peninsula, bounded to the north by
Hermes Glacier and the heads of
Weyerhaeuser Glacier and
Aphrodite Glacier, to the west by the heads of
Airy Glacier
The Airy Glacier () is a glacier long and wide, flowing west to the northeast portion of Forster Ice Piedmont, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
The glacier was first roughly surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition of 1936& ...
,
Rotz Glacier and
Seller Glacier, to the south by
Fleming Glacier Fleming Glacier () is a broad glacier long on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, flowing west-northwest and terminating in Forster Ice Piedmont to the east of the Wordie Ice Shelf. The glacier was charted by the British Graham Land Expediti ...
and to the east by the heads of
Lurabee Glacier,
Sunfix Glacier and
Grimley Glacier.
It was photographed from the air by
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) on December 22, 1947, and surveyed by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic o ...
(FIDS) in November 1960.
The area is named after
Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, a contributor to
British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934–37. This toponym, concurred in by
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) an ...
(UK-APC) and
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), restores the name Wakefield in the vicinity of the BGLE's displaced "
Mount Wakefield" (now
Mount Hope).
Plateaus of Antarctica
Landforms of Palmer Land
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