The Farman Highland (74°8′S 61°30′W / 74.133°S 61.500°W / -74.133; -61.500) 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 SurveyBritish Antarctic Survey atmospheric physicist, 1957–90; scientific officer, Argentine Islands, 1957–59 (Base Leader, 1958–59).[1]

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  1. "Farman Highland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

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