Danum platform
| Danum platform | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 59 ′ S , 155 ° 27 ′ E | |
The Danum Platform is a table mountain-like plateau in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range of the Transantarctic Mountains , it lies 6 km northeast of Haven Mountain and forms the watershed between the Bibra Valley and the Dubris Valley .
Participants in the Antarctic expedition undertaken by the New Zealand University of Waikato between 1978 and 1979 named it after the ancient Roman name for the city of Doncaster .
Web links
- Danum Platform in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Danum Platform on geographic.org (English)