Grindley Plateau
| Grindley Plateau | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 9 ′ S , 166 ° 5 ′ E | |
 Map sheet The Cloudmaker from 1965, in the north-west of the south-east part of the Queen Alexandra chain with the Grindley plateau |
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The Grindley Plateau is an ice-covered high plateau in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain it is bordered by Mount Mackellar , Mount Bell and Mount Kirkpatrick .
It is named after the New Zealand geologist George Grindley, a member of the Northern Group of a campaign carried out from 1960 to 1961 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition .
Web links
- Grindley Plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grindley Plateau on geographic.org (English)