Name details

Dyer Plateau

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 124617

Feature type: Plateau (2h)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the N by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the S by the Gutenko Mountains. The plateau was first explored on land and photographed from the air by the USAS, 1939-41. Named after J. Glenn Dyer, surveyor with the then General Land Office, Dept. of the Interior; leader of the USAS surface party which sledged from Fleming Glacier SE across the plateau to the Welch Mountains; U.S. observer with the ANARE during the 1956-57 season.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 30' 00.0" S
-70.50000°
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Longitude:
65° 00' 00.0" W
-65.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1947

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