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)
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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Feature type: Plateau
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:
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.
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.
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