The Soviet Plateau ( Russian: Советское плато) is the highest part of the glacial cover of East Antarctica, located within 75–84° south latitude and 25–105° east longitude. [1] According to the Atlas of the Antarctic (1966, p. XX), the central point of the Soviet plateau has coordinates 80°0′S 85°00′E / 80.000°S 85.000°E.
The plateau has a length of 2,000 km, and a width of roughly 450 km. The height on the outskirts is approximately 3,500 m, increasing to around 4,004 m [2] in the central region where the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are located. The ice cover has a thickness of 750 to 3,800 m. [1] [3] The average annual air temperature is below -56 °C; [1] [3] On July 21, 1983, -89.2 °C (-128.56 °F) was recorded at Vostok Station, making it the lowest temperature on Earth ever recorded. [3] [4] At the same time, the temperature on the glacier bed is around 0 °C and the lakes are formed under the ice. The largest of these known lakes was found in the area of the Vostok station ( Lake Vostok). Soviet expeditions conducted pioneer plateau research in the years 1957–1959. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Прохоров, А. М (1976). Большая советская энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. I (3 ed.). Moskva: Sovetskaia entsiklopediia. p. 32. OCLC 14476314.
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Bolʹshai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡. Osipov, I︠U︡. S. (I︠U︡riĭ Sergeevich), 1936-, Осипов, Ю. С. (Юрий Сергеевич), 1936-. Moskva: Большая российская энциклопедия. 2015. p. 552.
ISBN
978-5852703200.
OCLC
57660759.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ a b c "Словарь современных географических названий. Статьи на букву "С" (часть 7, "СМО"-"СПЛ")". otpusk-info.ru. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ Savati︠u︡gin, L. M.; Саватюгин, Л. М. (1999). Rossiĭskie issledovanii︠a︡ v Antarktike. Vol. I. Preobrazhenskai︠a︡, M. A. (Marina Anatolʹevna). Sankt-Peterburg: Gidrometeoizdat. p. 52. ISBN 5286012655. OCLC 51330224.
External links
- Atlas of the Antarctic / Redcol. Ch. ed. E. I. Tolstikov. - Moscow — Leningrad: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography of the USSR MG, 1966. - V. 1. - P. 19–20. - 3000 copies The Soviet plateau is also shown on some other pages of this atlas.
The Soviet Plateau ( Russian: Советское плато) is the highest part of the glacial cover of East Antarctica, located within 75–84° south latitude and 25–105° east longitude. [1] According to the Atlas of the Antarctic (1966, p. XX), the central point of the Soviet plateau has coordinates 80°0′S 85°00′E / 80.000°S 85.000°E.
The plateau has a length of 2,000 km, and a width of roughly 450 km. The height on the outskirts is approximately 3,500 m, increasing to around 4,004 m [2] in the central region where the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are located. The ice cover has a thickness of 750 to 3,800 m. [1] [3] The average annual air temperature is below -56 °C; [1] [3] On July 21, 1983, -89.2 °C (-128.56 °F) was recorded at Vostok Station, making it the lowest temperature on Earth ever recorded. [3] [4] At the same time, the temperature on the glacier bed is around 0 °C and the lakes are formed under the ice. The largest of these known lakes was found in the area of the Vostok station ( Lake Vostok). Soviet expeditions conducted pioneer plateau research in the years 1957–1959. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Прохоров, А. М (1976). Большая советская энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. I (3 ed.). Moskva: Sovetskaia entsiklopediia. p. 32. OCLC 14476314.
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^
Bolʹshai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡. Osipov, I︠U︡. S. (I︠U︡riĭ Sergeevich), 1936-, Осипов, Ю. С. (Юрий Сергеевич), 1936-. Moskva: Большая российская энциклопедия. 2015. p. 552.
ISBN
978-5852703200.
OCLC
57660759.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ a b c "Словарь современных географических названий. Статьи на букву "С" (часть 7, "СМО"-"СПЛ")". otpusk-info.ru. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ Savati︠u︡gin, L. M.; Саватюгин, Л. М. (1999). Rossiĭskie issledovanii︠a︡ v Antarktike. Vol. I. Preobrazhenskai︠a︡, M. A. (Marina Anatolʹevna). Sankt-Peterburg: Gidrometeoizdat. p. 52. ISBN 5286012655. OCLC 51330224.
External links
- Atlas of the Antarctic / Redcol. Ch. ed. E. I. Tolstikov. - Moscow — Leningrad: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography of the USSR MG, 1966. - V. 1. - P. 19–20. - 3000 copies The Soviet plateau is also shown on some other pages of this atlas.