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Feature Name (see definition): Festive Plateau Feature Class (see definition): Plain Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 4857 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 79° 24' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 157° 30' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -79.4 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 157.5 Elevation (see definition): 2200 Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): An ice-covered plateau over 2,200 m, about 10 mi long and 3 mi wide, just N of Mount Longhurst in the Churchill Mountains. Named by two members of the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) who spent Christmas Day 1957 on the plateau. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Festive Plateau in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Festive Plateau information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Festive Plateau should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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