Michigan Plateau

Michigan Plateau (86°8′S 133°30′W / 86.133°S 133.5°W / -86.133; -133.5) is an undulating ice-covered plateau, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, which rises to 3, 000 m at the western side of Reedy Glacier. The northern and eastern sides of the plateau are marked by the steep Watson Escarpment; the western and southern sides grade gradually to the elevation of the interior ice. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI, which has sent numerous research personnel to work in Antarctica.

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