COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

between 69°45'S 65°00'W and 71°40'S 63°30'W and rising to c. 2250m in N central Palmer Land, was photographed from the air and partially surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940; named after J. Glenn Dyer (b.1908), of the General Land Office, US Department of the Interior; USAS surveyor and leader of the "East Base" party, which sledged from Fleming Glacier SE across the plateau to Welch Mountains in November 1940; later in charge of Arctic operations, US Weather Bureau (USHO, 1943, p.273; NGS map, 1957b; APC, 1977, p.11; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Meseta Dyer (Lliboutry, 1956, map p.440). Altipiano Dyer (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 12-13). Plato Dayer (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Montañas Dyer (Argentina. IGM map 16, 1966). Planicie Dyer (Chile. IGM map 20, 1966). The plateau was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69.

A broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the N by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the S by the Gutenko Mountains. The plateau was first explored on land and photographed from the air by the USAS, 1939-41. Named after J. Glenn Dyer, surveyor with the then General Land Office, Dept. of the Interior; leader of the USAS surface party which sledged from Fleming Glacier SE across the plateau to the Welch Mountains; U.S. observer with the ANARE during the 1956-57 season.