Forbidden Plateau (Antarctica)
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 55 ′ S , 62 ° 15 ′ W | |
The Forbidden Plateau (English for Forbidden Plateau ) is a long and narrow high plateau not far from the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends from Charlotte Bay southwest to the Bay of Flanders .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) mapped the plateau using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it that in 1960 because all attempts to reach the plateau had failed until 1957 when a FIDS team succeeded.
Web links
- Forbidden Plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Forbidden Plateau on geographic.org (English)