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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 The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for
Chief Warrant Officer Chief warrant officer is a military rank used by the United States Armed Forces, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Pakistan Air Force, the Israel Defense Forces, the South African National Defence Force, the Lebanese Armed Forces and, since 2012, th ...
Richard G. Watlack, a pilot with the 62nd
Transportation Detachment Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and ...
, 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 ...
Hills of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub