Watlack Hills
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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
, and Dobbratz Glacier
, in the Heritage Range
. Named by the University of Minnesota
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for Chief Warrant Officer
Richard G. Watlack, pilot with the 62nd Transportation Detachment, who assisted the party.
White Escarpment
White Escarpment is an escarpment in the west part of the Heritage Range, extending for 15 nautical miles between the heads of the Splettstoesser and Dobbratz Glaciers. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for Chief Warrant Officer Ronald B....
, Splettstoesser Glacier
Splettstoesser Glacier
Splettstoesser Glacier is a glacier, 35 nautical miles 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. Named by the University of Minnesota...
, and Dobbratz Glacier
Dobbratz Glacier
Dobbratz Glacier is a broad tributary glacier which drains the south part of the White Escarpment and flows northeast between Watlack Hills and Weber Peaks into Splettstoesser Glacier, in the Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963–64, for Maj. Joseph Dobbratz,...
, in the Heritage Range
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...
. Named by the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for Chief Warrant Officer
Chief Warrant Officer
Chief warrant officer is a military rank used by the Canadian Forces and the Israel Defence Forces.-Canada:In the Canadian Forces, a chief warrant officer or CWO is the most senior non-commissioned member rank in the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force...
Richard G. Watlack, pilot with the 62nd Transportation Detachment, who assisted the party.