Staten Island Heights
| Staten Island Heights | ||
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| Highest peak | Forecastle Summit ( 2040 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 49 ′ S , 160 ° 57 ′ E | |
The Staten Island Heights are a mainly flat and icy plateau in East Antarctica Victoria Land . They stretch between the Greenville Valley and the Alatna Valley in the Convoy Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the plateau using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs from the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after the icebreaker USCGC Staten Island , which had been part of the US association in McMurdo Sound since 1956 .
Web links
- Staten Iceland Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Staten Island Heights on geographic.org (English)