Earth:Farman Highland

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The Farman Highland ( [ ⚑ ] : 74°8′S 61°30′W / 74.133°S 61.5°W / -74.133; -61.5) is a relatively smooth ice-covered upland, rising to about 750 metres (2,460 ft) and forming the eastern part of the Hutton Mountains, between Wright Inlet and Keller Inlet, Lassiter Coast, Palmer Land. The feature was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–67, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1991 after Joseph C. Farman, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey – British Antarctic Survey atmospheric physicist, 1957–90; scientific officer, Argentine Islands, 1957–59 (Base Leader, 1958–59).[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Farman Highland" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).