Law plateau
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 5 ′ S , 70 ° 25 ′ E | |
The Law Plateau is an icy plateau about 1,100 m high in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is east of the Mawson Escarpment .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 were used for their mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law (1912-2010).
Web links
- Law plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Law Plateau on geographic.org (English)