Name details

Kar Plateau

Kar Plateau (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kar Plateau  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113673

Feature type: Plateau (2h)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small plateau which is snow-covered except for the Kappen Cliffs, an almost vertical rock scarp marking its southern side. The plateau rises gently towards the northwest to the heights of Mount Marston, situated at the west side of Granite Harbour in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC09

Named For

Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13. "Kar" is a Turkish word meaning "snow".

Location

Latitude:
76° 55' 41.2" S
-76.92812°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 19' 56.2" E
162.33229°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
515 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MC09 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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