Hatch Plain
| Hatch Plain | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 44 ′ S , 25 ° 40 ′ W | |
The Hatch Plain is a small, 1350 m high plateau covered by debris in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range it is on the eastern edge of the Du-Toit Nunatakker in the Read Mountains .
The United States Navy first took aerial photographs in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out measurements between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the British geologist Frederick Henry Hatch (1864-1932), author of standard works on igneous and sedimentary petrology .
Web links
- Hatch Plain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hatch Plain on geographic.org (English)