Tourmaline plateau
| Tourmaline plateau | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Deep Freeze Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 74 ° 10 ′ S , 163 ° 27 ′ E | |
The Tourmaline Plateau is a 1700 m high and ice-covered high plateau in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies in the center of the Deep Freeze Range and is bounded by the Howard Peaks as well as mountains and ridges extending from Mount Levick to the north-south.
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1965–1966) named the plateau after the tourmaline-containing granite that can be found here.
Web links
- Tourmaline Plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tourmaline Plateau on geographic.org (English)