Wilhelm II plateau
| Wilhelm II plateau | ||
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| location | Bouvet Island ( South Atlantic ) | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 26 ′ S , 3 ° 25 ′ E | |
 Map of Bouvet Island with the Wilhelm II Plateau (left half of the picture) |
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The Wilhelm II Plateau ( Norwegian Wilhelmplatået ) is a 3 km long and 700 m wide plateau in the western part of the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic . The plateau lies between the Keisarryggen and the Skoddenuten .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1980. It is obviously named after the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941).
Web links
- Wilhelmplatået in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)
- Wilhelm II Plateau on geographic.org (English)