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herbert+plateau Latitude and Longitude:

64°32′S 61°15′W / 64.533°S 61.250°W / -64.533; -61.250
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Herbert Plateau ( 64°32′S 61°15′W / 64.533°S 61.250°W / -64.533; -61.250) is a portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying between Blériot Glacier and Drygalski Glacier. It borders Foster Plateau on the south and Detroit Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Walter W. Herbert, a FIDS assistant surveyor at the Hope Bay station in 1956 and 1957. [1]

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  1. ^ "Herbert Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Herbert Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.



herbert+plateau Latitude and Longitude:

64°32′S 61°15′W / 64.533°S 61.250°W / -64.533; -61.250
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbert Plateau ( 64°32′S 61°15′W / 64.533°S 61.250°W / -64.533; -61.250) is a portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying between Blériot Glacier and Drygalski Glacier. It borders Foster Plateau on the south and Detroit Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Walter W. Herbert, a FIDS assistant surveyor at the Hope Bay station in 1956 and 1957. [1]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Herbert Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Herbert Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.



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