Nilsen Plateau

Nilsen Plateau is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 11 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Amundsen Glacier, Fram (ship), Hays Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains, Rawson Mountains (Antarctica), Roald Amundsen, Ross Dependency, Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), Thorvald Nilsen, United States Geological Survey.

2. Amundsen Coast
3. Landforms of the Ross Dependency
4. 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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Amundsen Glacier

The Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long.

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Fram (ship)

Fram ("Forward") is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912.

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Hays Mountains

The Hays Mountains are a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen Glacier and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. Nilsen Plateau and Hays Mountains are Amundsen Coast.

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Queen Maud Mountains

The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica.

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Rawson Mountains (Antarctica)

The Rawson Mountains lie within the Queen Maud Mountains to the southeast of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Nilsen Plateau and Rawson Mountains (Antarctica) are Amundsen Coast.

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Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 –) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.

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Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

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Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)

The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf.

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Thorvald Nilsen

Thorvald Nilsen (6 August 1881 – 19 April 1940) was captain of the polar ship, the Fram and deputy commander during Roald Amundsen's expedition to Antarctica (1910–12).

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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See also

Amundsen Coast

• Amundsen Coast
• Banded Bluff
• Duncan Mountains
• Gothic Mountains
• Hays Mountains
• Herbert Range
• Karo Hills
• Medina Peaks
• Mount McIntyre
• Nødtvedt Nunataks
• Nilsen Plateau
• Quarles Range
• Rawson Mountains (Antarctica)
• Surveyors Range

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/Nilsen_Plateau

Also known as Beck Peak, Crack Bluff, Crown Mountain (Antarctica), Faulkner Escarpment, Fram Mesa, Gregory Ridge, Hansen Spur, Kranz Peak, Kutschin Peak, Lindstrom Peak, Moraine Canyon, Mount Bowser, Mount Clough, Mount Dort, Mount J. Stubberud, Mount Kendrick, Mount Kristensen, Mount Stubberud, Mount Sundbeck, Mount Toth, Olsen Crags, Roaring Cliffs, Simmonds Peak, Thorvald Nilsen Mountains.

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