Name details

Kent Plateau

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2128

Feature type: Plateau

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice plateau, exceeding 1,800 m above sea level, about 22 km long and 7 km wide, extending northward from Mount Egerton and Kiwi Pass to the vicinity of Mount Hamilton. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Cdr. D.F. Kent, USN, logistics officer to Admiral Dufek at the outset of USN Operation Deepfreeze in 1956-57.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 43' 59.9" S
-80.73330°
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Longitude:
157° 49' 59.9" E
157.83330°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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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:
27-Aug-1975

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