Prince Andrew Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, about long and wide, lying south of

Mount Rabot Mount Rabot () is a mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Lecointe in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. Name Mount Rabot was discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE; 1907-09). Charles Rabot was editor of ' ...

in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica.

Exploration and name

The Prince Andrew Plateau was named by the

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(NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

Location

The Prince Andrew Plateau is in the southern Queen Elizabeth Range between the

Moore Mountains The Moore Mountains () are a small but conspicuous group of mountains just north of New Year Pass in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. Name The Moore Mountains were observed in 1957 by the New Zealand southern party of the Commonwealth T ...

and

Ārai Terraces The Ārai Terraces () are a series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of Lowery Glacier. Name The Ārai Terraces were so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1 ...

to the north and the Peletier Plateau to the south. The

Marsh Glacier The Marsh Glacier () is a glacier about 110 km (70 mi) long that is a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Marsh Glacier flows north from the Antarctic polar plateau bet ...

is to the west and the

Bowden Névé Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location Lennox-King Glacier drains Bowden Névé and flows northeast between the Holland Range and the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica t ...

to the east. Features to the east include Painted Cliffs in the southeast, which include Dawson Peak and Mount Picciotto and the Disch Promontary further north. Features to the west include

Dakota Pass The Peletier Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, about long and wide, forming the southern part of Queen Elizabeth Range. Exploration and name The Peletier Plateau was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACA ...

in the south, Cranfield Peak, Mount Weeks and

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to the south of the Moore Mountains. Features to the north include

Helm Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Q ...

Linehan Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Q ...

, Turnabout Ridge, January Col, Claydon Peak and Baulch Peak.

Eastern features

Painted Cliffs

. An irregular line of cliffs which extend southwest from Mount Picciotto and mark the southeast edge of Prince Andrew Plateau. Named by the NZGSAE (1961-62) because of the colored sedimentary and igneous rock layers exposed on the face of the cliffs.

Dawson Peak

. A prominent ice-free peak, high, southwest of Mount Picciotto. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) after John A. Dawson,

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(USARP) aurora scientist at South Pole Station, 1958.

Mount Picciotto

. A prominent, mainly ice-free mountain, high, surmounting the northeast end of Painted Cliffs. Named by US-ACAN for Edgard E. Picciotto, glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962-63; South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse, 1964-65 and 1965-66.

Jorgensen Nunataks

. Two rock nunataks, rising above the ice-covered ridge which descends eastward from Mount Picciotto. Named by US-ACAN for Arthur E. Jorgensen, USARP meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1958.

Disch Promontary

. A high, ice-covered promontory, long, extending from the east side of Prince Andrew Plateau. Named by US-ACAN for Carl R. Disch, United States Army ionospheric physicist, who was lost at Byrd Station, May 8, 1965.

Western features

Cranfield Peak

. A peak, high, standing south of Mount Weeks. Tentatively named Sentinel Peak by the N.Z. Southern Survey Party of the

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(CTAE) (1956-58), who visited it in 1958. Renamed for Flying Officer W.J. Cranfield who, as one of the pilots operating with the CTAE, gave considerable assistance to the surveying party in this area.

Mount Weeks

. A tabular mountain north of Cranfield Peak, on the western edge of Prince Andrew Plateau. Named by NZGSAE (1961-62) for Lieutenant James W. Weeks, United States Navy, pilot of the reconnaissance and supply flights in the area.

Northern features

Turnabout Ridge

. A high, rugged ridge, long, lying between Linehan Glacier and Lowery Glacier. So named by the

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party to the Queen Alexandra Range (1966-67) because the ridge was the farthest point from Base Camp reached by the party.

January Col

. A high col on the north side of Claydon Peak. Approached from New Years Pass by the New Zealand southern party of the CTAE (1956-58), the party was able to gain a view of the mountains to the north and east. Named by the party because they climbed it in January 1958.

Claydon Peak

. A peak, high, which presents a rocky face to the northeast standing just south of January Col. Visited by the New Zealand Southern Survey Party of the CTAE (1956-58) in early 1958. Named by them for Squadron-Leader J.R. Claydon, commanding officer of the Antarctic Flight of the RNZAF, who assisted the survey team operating in this vicinity.

Baulch Peak

. A peak northeast of Claydon Peak, marking the extremity of a spur descending north from Prince Andrew Plateau. Named by US-ACAN for DeeWitt M. Baulch, USARP meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1958.

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