Elgar Uplands
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The Elgar Uplands are a range uplands in the northern part of Alexander Island, in the British Antarctic Territory. They rise to 6,235 feet between Tufts Pass to the north and Sullivan Glacier to the south.
These uplands were first photographed from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1937. They were remapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947–48, by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, and from U.S. Landsat imagery of February, 1975. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Sir Edward Elgar, the composer (1857-1934).
Location
- Location map:69°39’0"S, 70°43’0"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Elgar Uplands
