Plane Table Glacier
Plane Table Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica and has an elevation of 1,154 metres. Plane Table Glacier is situated nearby to the locality Dais.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Canopus, Lake and Hall Bluff.
Canopus, Lake
Lake
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Canopus, Lake is situated 2½ km northeast of Plane Table Glacier.
Hall Bluff
Cliff
Hall Bluff is a prominent rock bluff, 750 metres high, that forms the east end of Dais and marks the valley entrances to North Fork and South Fork in Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Hall Bluff is situated 2½ km northwest of Plane Table Glacier.
Anderson Scarp
Cliff
Anderson Scarp is an upward slope and cliff 935 metres high, about 0.8 nautical miles west of Hall Bluff on the Dais, Wright Valley, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Anderson Scarp is situated 3½ km northwest of Plane Table Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Dais.
Plane Table Glacier
Locality
Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Plane Table Glacier is situated 3½ km south of Plane Table Glacier.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 6 km west of Plane Table Glacier.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Vanda Station is situated 7 km northeast of Plane Table Glacier.
Plane Table Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,154 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.56667° or 77° 34′ southLongitude
161.48333° or 161° 29′ eastElevation
1,154 metres (3,786 feet)Open location code
2VJ3CFMM+88GeoNames ID
6628788
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