Campbell Terrace
| Campbell Terrace | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 41 ′ S , 162 ° 28 ′ E | |
The Campbell Terrace is a plateau at an average altitude of 1050 m in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . This flat and ice-free area is located on the south side of the Matterhorn in the Asgard Range . The plateau is bounded by the lower sections of the Matterhorn Glacier and the Lacroix Glacier and by the north face of the Taylor Valley .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named the plateau in 1998 after Ian Bruce Campbell (* 1935) of the New Zealand Soil Bureau , whose scientific work in Antarctica from 1964 extends over a period of more than 30 years.
Web links
- Campbell Terrace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Campbell Terrace on geographic.org (English)