Name details

Bruce Plateau

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107985

Feature type: Plateau

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

ice-covered plateau rising to c.2000m and extending from 65 15'S to 66 30'S in central Graham Land, was probably sighted by FAE, 1908-10, from Pendleton Strait in January 1909; following survey of its S and W parts by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1946-47, named after Dr W.S. Bruce (Bruce Islands, q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.6; DCS 601 sheet 66 64, 1955; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). The plateau was further surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1960-62. Plato Brus (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). Meseta Bruce (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.263).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 00' 00.0" S
-66.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 00' 00.0" W
-64.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Sep-1954

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