Talk:Mecklenburg Lake Plateau

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I'd like to point out that imho, the title is misleading. Yes, I know there is a source. The region, however, is not a plateau in the geographical sense. Regards, --G-41614 (talk) 17:00, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

You're right, but we have to follow the sources and Elkins, a subject matter expert, used that title. However, your point would be worth making in the lede somwehere. Bermicourt (talk) 07:01, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Expert indeed, which makes me wonder why he made that mistake. Unless the combination of lake and plateau does convey something else but a plateau in the geographical sense, in which case the mistake would be mine. --G-41614 (talk) 13:48, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

He appears not to be the only one. The US Library of Congress also translates it as Mecklenburg Lake Plateau as does Embleton in the Geomorphology of Europe. The term "lake plateau" seems to be quite common e.g. there is a Finnish Lake Plateau and a Nile Lake Plateau Basin (contradiction in terms?); I wonder if it's a term in its own right. Bermicourt (talk) 19:42, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

I certainly would not know that. For Germany, there might be a connection to "Platte", the term used in German (Mecklenburgische bzw. finnische Seenplatte), Seenplatte denoting a level landscape dotted with lakes. Other than that, I have no idea, but in the end all that might require further consideration is whether to include the differentiation somewhere in the article. As it is a negativum (despite being called a plateau, it's not one), I imagine a source for that might be a bit hard to find. Sorry it takes me some time to answer. Regards, --G-41614 (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2021 (UTC)