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Nilsen Plateau

Ice-covered plateau in Antarctica

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prominence_m	1538
listing	Ultra
Ribu
map	Antarctica
country_type	Continent
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region_type	Region
region	Ross Dependency
range_coordinates
range	Queen Maud Mountains

Ribu Nilsen Plateau () is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. When including Fram Mesa, the plateau is about 30 nmi long and 1 to wide, rising to 3,940 m high between the upper reaches of the Amundsen and Scott glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Captain Thorvald Nilsen, commander of the ship Fram.

Location

The Nilsen Plateau lies to the east of the upper Amundsen Glacier and north of the Rawson Mountains. The Bartlett Glacier forms on its southeast side. The Faulkner Escarpment defines its east side. The Hays Mountains are to the north, separated from the plateau by the Cappellari Glacier. Features just to the south of these two glaciers include Mount Dort, Mount Clough and Simmonds Peak. South of these are Gregory Ridge, Mount Bowser.

The Nilsen Plateau proper includes Beck Peak, Mount Stubberud, Mount Sundbeck, Moraine Canyon and Fram Mesa. Further south again are Olsen Crags, Hansen Spur (south of Blackwall Glacier) and Crown Mountain. To the south of Epler Glacier are Lindstrom Peak, Mount Kristensen, Kutschin Peak and Mount Kendrick in the east.

Northwestern features

Beck Peak

Mount Stubberud

Mount Sundbeck

Olsen Crags

Hansen Spur

Crown Mountain

Fram Mesa and surroundings

Moraine Canyon

Gregory Ridge

Fram Mesa

Faulkner Escarpment

Mount Bowser

Southern features

Lindstrøm Peak

Mount Kristensen

Roaring Cliffs

Kutschin Peak

Crack Bluff

Mount Kendrick

Mount Toth

Kranz Peak

Features to the north

Northern end of Nilsen Plateau in south center of map

Features between the Hayes Mountains to the north and the Nilsen Plateau to the south include:

Mount Dort

Mount Clough

Simmonds Peak

References

Sources

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