Wakefield Highland

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').

Location

• Location map: 69°16’59"S, 65°10’59"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Wakefield Highland