Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Stanford Plateau (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Stanford Plateau (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Plateau (2h)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An icecapped plateau, over 3,000 m high and 15 mi wide, between the heads of Leverett and Kansas Glaciers. The plateau unites with the interior ice sheet to the S, but terminates to the N in the Watson Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Stanford University which has sent a number of researchers to study Antarctica.
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