American Highland
The American Highland is the portion of Antarctica back of the Ingrid Christensen Coast and eastward of Lambert Glacier, consisting of an upland snow surface at 2,800 metres except for a group of nunataks near 75°E.American Highland
- Plateau with an elevation of 2,800 metres (9,186 feet)
- Description: landform
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72.5° or 72° 30′ south
Longitude
78° east
Open location code
2JVWG222+22
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“American Highland” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “American Highland”
- Cebuano: “American Highland”
- Chinese: “美國高地”
- Czech: “Americká vysočina”
- Esperanto: “Amerika Altebenaĵo”
- French: “Haut plateau américain”
- French: “Haut-plateau américain”
- German: “American Highland”
- German: “Amerikanisches Hochland”
- Latvian: “American Highland”
- Latvian: “Amerikāņu augstiene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “American Highland”
- Polish: “Płaskowyż Amerykański”
- Slovenian: “Ameriško višavje”
- Swedish: “American Highland”
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