Watlack Hills () is a line of mainly ice-free hills, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, bounded by the
White Escarpment,
Splettstoesser Glacier
Splettstoesser Glacier () is a glacier, long, draining from the plateau just south of Founders Escarpment and flowing east-northeast through the Heritage Range to the south of Founders Peaks and Anderson Massif to enter the Minnesota Glacier. ...
, and
Dobbratz Glacier, in the
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mod ...
. Named by the
University of Minnesota
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Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for
Chief Warrant Officer
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Richard G. Watlack, a pilot with the 62nd
Transportation Detachment
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, who assisted the party.
See also
Geographical features include:
* Carnell Peak
* Dobbratz Glacier
* Mount Twiss
* Skelly Peak
Skelly Peak () is a peak (1,450 m) on the end of a spur, marking the northeast limit of Watlack Hills in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air pho ...