Dais (Antarctica)
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 The Dais with Lake Vanda in the east and the small Don Juan Lake in the south. |
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| height | 935 m | |
| location | Wright Valley , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Table Mountain | |
The Dais ( French for canopy , canopy of the throne ) is a 935 m high table mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 4 km west of Lake Vanda in the Wright Valley . Around him the valley forks into North Fork and South Fork , where Don Juan Lake lies. The summit plateau is 5 km long and 1 km wide.
Scientists from a 1958-1959 campaign of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him.
Web links
- Dais in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dais on geographic.org (English)
