Vostok subglacial highlands
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| location | East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 0 ′ S , 102 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Vostok subglacial highlands comprise a series of high plateaus in East Antarctica that are completely covered by continental glacial ice . These extend north-north-west-south-south-east and form the eastern extension of the Gamburzew subglacial mountains .
The extent of the highlands was determined by sonar tracking as part of a joint program of the Scott Polar Research Institute , the National Science Foundation and Denmark's Technical University between 1967 and 1979. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1983 after the Vostok , the flagship of the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) headed by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
Web links
- Vostok Subglacial Highlands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vostok Subglacial Highlands on geographic.org (English)