Feature Name (see definition): Dyer Plateau

Feature Class (see definition): Plain

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4222

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): A broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the N by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the S by the Gutenko Mountains. The plateau was first explored on land and photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named after J. Glenn Dyer, surveyor with the then General Land Office, Department of the Interior; leader of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) surface party which sledged from Fleming Glacier SE across the plateau to the Welch Mountains; U.S. observer with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) during the 1956-57 season.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data