Prince Andrew Plateau
| Prince Andrew Plateau | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 38 ′ S , 162 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Prince Andrew Plateau is an ice-covered, 65 km long and 25 km wide high plateau in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located south of Mount Rabot in the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
Participants in a campaign from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after Prince Andrew , second son of British monarch Elizabeth II.
Web links
- Prince Andrew Plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Prince Andrew Plateau on geographic.org (English)