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Malta Plateau

Index Malta Plateau

The Malta Plateau is an ice-covered plateau of about extent in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Barker Range, Borchgrevink Glacier, James Clark Ross, John Phillips (geologist), Malta, Mariner Glacier, McMurdo Volcanic Group, New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee, New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme, New Zealand Geographic Board, Taylor & Francis, Tucker Glacier, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land, Victory Mountains.

  2. Landforms of Victoria Land
  3. Plateaus of Antarctica
  4. Volcanoes of Victoria Land

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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Barker Range

Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Malta Plateau and Barker Range are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Borchgrevink Glacier

Borchgrevink Glacier is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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John Phillips (geologist)

John Phillips FRS (25 December 1800 – 24 April 1874) was an English geologist.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mariner Glacier

The Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue. Malta Plateau and Mariner Glacier are Borchgrevink Coast.

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McMurdo Volcanic Group

The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica. Malta Plateau and McMurdo Volcanic Group are Volcanoes of Victoria Land.

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New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent.

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New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme

The New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) was a research programme that operated a permanent research facility in Antarctica from 1959 to 1996.

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New Zealand Geographic Board

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has authority over geographical and hydrographic names within New Zealand and its territorial waters.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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Tucker Glacier

Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. Malta Plateau and Tucker Glacier are Borchgrevink Coast.

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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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Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.

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Victory Mountains

The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. Malta Plateau and Victory Mountains are Borchgrevink Coast.

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See also

Landforms of Victoria Land

Plateaus of Antarctica

Volcanoes of Victoria Land

References

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

Also known as Collins Peak, Cuneiform Cliffs, Mount Alberts, Mount Burrill, Mount Finch, Mount Hancox, Mount Heg, Mount Hussey, Mount Phillips (Antarctica), Soft Snow Pass, Thomas Peak (Antarctica), Tur Peak.