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Louis Philippe Plateau

Plateau in Antarctica

Field	Value
type	Plateau
map	Antarctica
map_relief	y
coordinates
location	Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land

The Louis Philippe Plateau () is a plateau, about 11 nmi long and 5 nmi wide, which rises to 1,370 m and occupies the central part of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Russell West Glacier and Windy Gap.

Location

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Louis Philippe Plateau towards the southwest

The Louis Philippe Plateau is in Graham Land in the central spine of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Marescot Ridge and Lafond Bay are to the north, Broad Valley and the Laclavère Plateau are to the east, the Cugnot Ice Piedmont and Russell East Glacier are to the south and Russell West Glacier and Srednogorie Heights are to the west. Features include Allen Knoll, Benz Pass, Windy Gap and Mount D'Urville.

Name

The name, recommended by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1948, commemorates Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville's 1838 exploration of the Trinity Peninsula area, which he had named "Terre Louis Philippe," after Louis Philippe I, the King of France at the time.

Western features

Western features include, from west to east:

Trajan Gate

Prelez Gap

Huhla Col

Snegotin Ridge

Lardigo Peak

Southern features

Southern features include, from west to east:

Drenta Bluff

Smin Peak

Situated in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau, 2.69 km south by west of Hochstetter Peak, 3.87 km north of Chochoveni Nunatak and 6.61 km northeast of Drenta Bluff. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east and south. Named after the settlement of Smin in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Hochstetter Peak

Kukuryak Bluff

Northern features

Northern features include, from west to east:

Ogled Peak

Tintyava Peak

Konush Hill

Guerrero Hill

Mount D'Urville

References

Sources

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