South Polar Plateau

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

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

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Place ID: 13735
Name ID: 139506

Feature type: Plateau

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

The plateau surrounding the South Pole. Elevation typically around 3000m in vicinity of the pole and south of the Transantarctic Mountains. Rises to 4000m in the vicinity of -81, 75.

Named For

First named King Edward VII Plateau by the BAE 1907-09, then King Haakon VII Plateau on 14 December 1911 by Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, for the King of Norway.

Location

Latitude:
89° 00' 00.0" S
-89.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
170° 00' 00.0" E
170.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
3073 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 100m mosaic release 1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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