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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Taran Plateau (BGR) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 15' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 137963
Place ID: 19588
The ice-covered plateau of elevation 1100 to 1700 m on the E side of Harvey Heights in Stribog Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Extends 5.5 km in E-W direction and 3.3 km in N-S direction. Bounded by Laënnec Glacier on the N, Svetovrachene Glacier on the E and S, and the head of Malpighi Glacier on the SW. Connected to Avroleva Heights to the E by Doriones Saddle, and has its SW part abutted by Basarbovo Ridge. Steep and partly ice-free N slopes and small parts of the SE and SW slopes. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the settlement of Taran in Southern Bulgaria. |
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