Iroquois Plateau

Template:Infobox mountain The Iroquois Plateau () is a large, mainly ice-covered plateau situated east of the southern part of the Washington Escarpment in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.Template:Sfn

Mapping and name

The Iroquois Plateau was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photographs in 1956–66. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter which has greatly facilitated field operations in Antarctica.Template:Sfn

Location

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Northern part of the Neptune Range

The Iroquois Plateau is in the Neptune Range.Template:Sfn It is east of the Washington Escarpment and south of the Median Snowfield. Scattered nunataks on the plateau include Elmers Nunatak, Ferrell Nunatak, Hill Nunatak and the Edge Rocks.Template:Sfn

Features

Elmers Nunatak

. A prominent nunatak southeast of Mount Hawkes. Named by US-ACAN for Elmer H. Smith, aerographer with the wintering parties at Ellsworth Station in 1958 and McMurdo Station in 1961.Template:Sfn

Ferrell Nunatak

. A nunatak protruding from the ice surface of Iroquois Plateau northeast of Elmers Nunatak. Named by US-ACAN for James T. Ferrell, construction mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.Template:Sfn

Hill Nunatak

. A prominent nunatak rising above the ice at the southeast end of the Neptune Range, east-northeast of Gambacorta Peak. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 during a United States Navy transcontinental plane flight from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for Jack O. Hill, aerial photographer on this flight.Template:Sfn

Edge Rocks

. Two rock exposures at the southeast margin of Iroquois Plateau, east of Hill Nunatak. Given this name by US-ACAN because of their fringe position with relation to Iroquois Plateau.Template:Sfn

Sources

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