Meyer Desert
| Meyer Desert | ||
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 View from Beardmore Glacier to the Meyer Desert |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 8 ′ S , 166 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Meyer Desert (English for Meyer Desert ) is a triangular, ice-free and 80 km² large plateau in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains this windblown area, strewn with dolerite granules, is located at the northern end of the Dominion Range near the mouth of the Mill Glacier and the Beardmore Glacier .
Scientists from a 1961 to 1962 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named them after George H. Meyer of the University of Texas at Austin , scientific director of McMurdo Station in 1961, who was a crew at the time of the New Zealand campaign headed to explore this area.
Web links
- Meyer Desert in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Meyer Desert on geographic.org (English)