Nilsen Plateau
Nilsen Plateau is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. When including Fram Mesa, the plateau is about 30 nautical miles long and 1 to 12 nautical miles wide, rising to 3,940 metres high between the upper reaches of the Amundsen and Scott glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains.- Locality
- …was formerly known as “Thorvald Nilsen Mountains”
- …is named after Thorvald Nilsen
- Description: plateau in Antarctica
- Category: plateau
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-86.33333° or 86° 20′ south
Longitude
-158° or 158° west
Open location code
2354M282+M2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nilsen Plateau” goes by many names.
Nilsen PlateauCebuano
尼爾森高原Chinese
מישור נילסןHebrew
רמת נילסןHebrew
Nilsen PlateauItalian
Nilsen PlateauNorwegian Nynorsk
Nilsen PlateauSwedish
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