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The '''Wakefield Highland''' is a snow-covered highland in the central region of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]], part of the [[British Antarctic Territory]].
'''Wakefield Highland''' is an ice-covered highland plateau in south-central [[Graham Land]], in the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. It extends north to south from c.69°00'S to c.69°35'S and rises to 6,820 feet at its northern end.


The highland is within [[Palmer Land]], bounded to the north by the [[Hermes Glacier]] and the heads of the [[Weyerhaeuser Glacier]] and the [[Aphrodite Glacier]], to the west by the heads of [[Airy Glacier]], [[Rotz Glacier]] and [[Seller Glacier]], to the south by [[Fleming Glacier]] and to the east by the heads of [[Lurabee Glacier]], [[Sunfix Glacier]] and [[Grimley Glacier]].
The highland is bounded to the north by the [[Hermes Glacier]] and the heads of [[Weyerhaeuser Glacier]] and [[Aphrodite Glacier]]; to the west by the heads of [[Airy Glacier]], [[Rotz Glacier]] and [[Seller Glacier]],; to the south by [[Fleming Glacier]]; and to the east by the heads of [[Lurabee Glacier]], [[Sunfix Glacier]] and [[Grimley Glacier]].


The land was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition on 22 December 1947 and surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in November 1960.
The area was surveyed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition on 22 December 1947. It was surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Stonington Island" in November 1960.


The Wakefield Highland is named after Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, a contributor to British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37.  The British Graham Land Expedition originally named a mountain of the [[Eternity Range]] after Viscount Wakefield in 1934 but later surveys revealed that this was the same mountain which Lincoln Ellesworthy had spotted from the air the previous year and named '[[Mount Hope]]', and so 'Mount Hope was accepted for the latter mountain (which is the highest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory.  Wakefield's name was transferred to the land to the south which now bears it.  The name was concurred in by the respective British and American bodies for nomenclature; the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] and the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (of the United States).
The highland is named after Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, a contributor to British Graham Land Expedition of 1934–37 (from whom the territory's highest peak, [[Mount Hope]] was formerly named, as 'Mount Wakefield').


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==Location==
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[[Category:Plateaus of the British Antarctic Territory]]
==References==
[[Category:Palmer Land]]
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[[Category:Mountains of Graham Land]]

Latest revision as of 20:09, 29 March 2021

Wakefield Highland is an ice-covered highland plateau in south-central Graham Land, in the British Antarctic Territory. It extends north to south from c.69°00'S to c.69°35'S and rises to 6,820 feet at its northern end.

The highland is bounded to the north by the Hermes Glacier and the heads of Weyerhaeuser Glacier and Aphrodite Glacier; to the west by the heads of Airy Glacier, Rotz Glacier and Seller Glacier,; to the south by Fleming Glacier; and to the east by the heads of Lurabee Glacier, Sunfix Glacier and Grimley Glacier.

The area was surveyed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition on 22 December 1947. It was surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Stonington Island" in November 1960.

The highland is named after Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, a contributor to British Graham Land Expedition of 1934–37 (from whom the territory's highest peak, Mount Hope was formerly named, as 'Mount Wakefield').

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