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Cotton Plateau

Plateau in Antarctica

Cotton Plateau

Plateau in Antarctica

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country_typeContinent
countryAntarctica
parentQueen Elizabeth Range
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mapAntarctica
map_size225

Cotton Plateau () is a snow-covered plateau just east of the mouth of Marsh Glacier, in the Queen Elizabeth Range.

Name

Cotton Plateau was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1961–62) for Sir Charles Cotton, noted New Zealand geomorphologist and authority on glacial landforms.

Location

Cotton Plateau in southwest of map

Cotton Plateau is in the west of the Queen Elizabeth Range, bounded by the Marsh Glacier to the west, the Prince of Wales Glacier and Hamilton Glacier to the east and the Princess Anne Glacier to the south. Features include, from north to south, Hochstein Ridge, Prince Edward Glacier, Panorama Point and The Palisades.

Features

Hochstein Ridge

Komhyr Ridge

Mount Gregory

Panorama Point

The Palisades

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-03
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