Foster Plateau
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 45 ′ S , 61 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Foster Plateau is a 80 km² high plateau in the north of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the Drygalski and Hektoria glaciers .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used for mapping by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the plateau in 1960 after Richard Arthur Foster (* 1929), head of the FIDS station on Danco Island in 1956 and 1957.
Web links
- Foster plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foster Plateau on geographic.org (English)