Grindley Plateau

Grindley Plateau is a high icecapped plateau in the central Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica, bordered by the peaks of Mount Mackellar, Mount Bell and Mount Kirkpatrick. ^[1]

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1. 11 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Beardmore Glacier, Ernest Shackleton, George Grindley, Lennox-King Glacier, Mount Kirkpatrick, Mount Mackellar, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Nimrod Expedition, Queen Alexandra Range.

2. Landforms of the Ross Dependency
3. Plateaus of Antarctica

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Beardmore Glacier

The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of.

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Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.

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George Grindley

George William Grindley (22 October 1925 – 12 February 2019) was a New Zealand geologist.

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Lennox-King Glacier

Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf. Grindley Plateau and Lennox-King Glacier are Shackleton Coast.

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Mount Kirkpatrick

Mount Kirkpatrick is a lofty, generally ice-free mountain in Queen Alexandra Range west of Mount Dickerson. Grindley Plateau and mount Kirkpatrick are Shackleton Coast.

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Mount Mackellar

Mount Mackellar is a massive mountain, high, standing at the head of Mackellar Glacier, south of Pagoda Peak in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. Grindley Plateau and mount Mackellar are Shackleton Coast.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Nimrod Expedition

The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent.

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Queen Alexandra Range

The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Grindley Plateau and Queen Alexandra Range are Shackleton Coast.

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See also

Landforms of the Ross Dependency

• Bennett Platform
• Byrd Canyon
• Crary Bank
• Grindley Plateau
• Hanson Formation
• Meyer Desert
• Nilsen Plateau
• Ārai Terraces

Plateaus of Antarctica

• American Highland
• Andreaea Plateau
• Antarctic Plateau
• Breakbones Plateau
• Citadel Bastion
• Dome A
• Dyer Plateau
• Edward VIII Plateau
• Elgar Uplands
• Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands
• Grindley Plateau
• Hollick-Kenyon Plateau
• Iroquois Plateau
• Jaeger Table
• Labyrinth (Antarctica)
• Mackin Table
• Malta Plateau
• Melville Highlands
• Mizuho Plateau
• Nilsen Plateau
• Norths Highland
• Pomerantz Tableland
• Pomona Plateau
• Porpoise Subglacial Highlands
• Rømlingsletta Flat
• Resolution Subglacial Highlands
• Ritscher Upland
• Rockefeller Plateau
• Schirmacher Oasis
• Skålebrehalsen Terrace
• Skua Terrace
• Snøtoa Terrace
• Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands
• Soviet Plateau
• Taran Plateau
• Vinson Plateau

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindley_Plateau

Also known as Levi Peak, Mallory Bluff, Mount Bell (Antarctica), Mount Kurlak, Mount Lockwood, Mount Stanley (Antarctica).

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