Detroit Plateau

Detroit Plateau (64°10′S 60°0′W) is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 metres (4,900 and 5,900 ft). Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some 90 miles (140 km) in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of December 20, 1928. Wilkins named it Detroit Aviation Society Plateau after the society which aided in the organizing of his expedition, but the shortened form of the original name is approved. The north and east sides of the plateau were charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946–47.

Dinsmoor Glacier flows east from the south edge of Detroit Plateau.

Central plateaus of Graham Land

North to south:

• Laclavère Plateau
• Louis Philippe Plateau
• Detroit Plateau
• Herbert Plateau
• Foster Plateau
• Forbidden Plateau
• Bruce Plateau
• Avery Plateau
• Hemimont Plateau

Further reading

• Damien Gildea, Antarctic Peninsula - Mountaineering in Antarctica: Travel Guide
• Mariusz Potocki, Paul A. Mayewski, Andrei V.Kurbatov, Jefferson C. Simões, Daniel A. Dixon, Ian Goodwin, Andrew M. Carleton, Michael J. Handley, Ricardo Jaña, Elena V. Korotkikh, Recent increase in Antarctic Peninsula ice core uranium concentrations, Atmospheric Environment Volume 140, September 2016, Pages 381–385, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.010

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Detroit Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.