Djinns plateau
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| location | Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 42 ′ S , 139 ° 59 ′ E | |
The Plateau des Djinns is a 50 m high and glaciated plateau on the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It forms the eastern border of the Astrolabe Glacier between the Bon-Docteur-Nunatak and the head end of the Baie Pierre Lejay .
French scientists named the plateau after helicopters of the Sud-Ouest SO 1221 Djinn type , which had to make an emergency landing here in January 1959 due to a storm.
Web links
- Djinns, Plateau des in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)