Laclavère Plateau
Laclavère Plateau (63°27′S 57°47′W) is a plateau, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and from 1 to 3 nautical miles (2 to 6 km) wide, rising to 1,035 metres (3,400 ft) between Misty Pass and Theodolite Hill, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The plateau rises south of Schmidt Peninsula and the Chilean scientific station, Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (1963) after French cartographer Georges R. Laclavère, President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 1958–63.[1]
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
Central plateaus of Graham Land
North to south:
- Laclavère Plateau
- Louis Philippe Plateau
- Detroit Plateau
- Herbert Plateau
- Foster Plateau
- Forbidden Plateau
- Bruce Plateau
- Avery Plateau
- Hemimont Plateau
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References
- "Laclavère Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
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