Plane Table Glacier

Plane Table Glacier is a glacier in and has an elevation of 1,154 metres. Plane Table Glacier is situated nearby to the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canopus, Lake and Hall Bluff.

Lake
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica. is situated 2½ km northeast of Plane Table Glacier.

Cliff
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is a prominent rock bluff, 750 metres high, that forms the east end of and marks the valley entrances to and in , , Antarctica. is situated 2½ km northwest of Plane Table Glacier.

Cliff
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is an upward slope and cliff 935 metres high, about 0.8 nautical miles west of on the , , in the of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Plane Table Glacier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Dais.

Locality
is a short, tapering on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of , . is situated 3½ km south of Plane Table Glacier.

Locality
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The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica. is situated 6 km west of Plane Table Glacier.

Locality
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was an research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of , at the mouth of , in the . is situated 7 km northeast of Plane Table Glacier.

Plane Table Glacier

Latitude
-77.56667° or 77° 34′ south
Longitude
161.48333° or 161° 29′ east
Elevation
1,154 metres (3,786 feet)
Open location code
2VJ3CFMM+88
Geo­Names ID
6628788
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