Nilsen plateau
| Nilsen plateau | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 20 ′ S , 158 ° 0 ′ W | |
 Map of the Nilsen Plateau from 1966 |
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The Nilsen Plateau is a rugged, ice-covered plateau of up to 3940 m in the Queen Maud Mountains in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . With an extension of about 48 km in length and between 2 and 20 km in width, the plateau includes the Fram Mesa and borders the Scott and Amundsen glaciers .
It was discovered in November 1911 by the five-person South Pole group around Roald Amundsen as part of his Antarctic expedition (1910–1912). Amundsen named it after Thorvald Nilsen (1881-1940), captain of the Fram on this expedition.
Web links
- Nilsen Plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nilsen Plateau on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thorvald Nilsen. Short biography on the Frammuseum homepage (accessed December 4, 2015).