The Detroit Plateau () is a major interior plateau of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...

on the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...

, with heights between . Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of

Russell West Glacier Russell West Glacier () is a glacier, long and wide, which lies immediately north of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula westward into Bone Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. This glacier together with Russell East Glacier ...

, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau.

Location

The Detroit Plateau is in

towards the north of the

, partly extending into the

Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...

. To the south of the Trinity Peninsula it is west of the

Danco Coast The Danco Coast () is the portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard. This coast was explored in January and February 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it ...

, south of the

Davis Coast Davis Coast () is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Kjellman and Cape Sterneck. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advi ...

and north of the

Nordenskjöld Coast The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...

. At its south end it joins the much smaller Herbert Plateau. At its north end it is separated from the

Louis Philippe Plateau The Louis Philippe Plateau () is a plateau, about long and wide, which rises to and occupies the central part of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Russell West Glacier and Windy Gap (Antarctica), Windy Gap. Location The Louis Philippe P ...

by the

.
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Discovery and name

The Detroit Plateau was observed from the air by Sir

Hubert Wilkins Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross aft ...

on a flight of December 20, 1928. Wilkins named it Detroit Aviation Society Plateau after the society which aided in the organizing of his expedition, but the shortened form of the original name is approved. The north and east sides of the plateau were charted by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...

(FIDS) in 1946–47.

Glaciers

Major glaciers flowing from the west side include

, Pettus Glacier, McNeile Glacier, Sabine Glacier,

Sikorsky Glacier Relyovo Peninsula () is a predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula into Gerlache Strait south of Duarte Cove and north of Brialmont Cove. It ends in Renzo Point and Charles Point to the west. Th ...

Trepetlika Glacier Relyovo Peninsula () is a predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula into Gerlache Strait south of Duarte Cove and north of Brialmont Cove. It ends in Renzo Point and Charles Point to the west. Th ...

and

Cayley Glacier The Cayley Glacier () is a glacier flowing northwest into the south side of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Cayley Glacier terminates on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the west side of Gra ...

. Major glaciers flowing from the east side include

Victory Glacier Victory Glacier () is a gently sloping glacier, long, flowing east-southeast from the north end of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula to Prince Gustav Channel immediately north of Pitt Point. It is bounded by Trakiya Heights to the north and ...

Aitkenhead Glacier } Aitkenhead Glacier () is a long glacier flowing east-southeast from the Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, into Prince Gustav Channel (close north of Alectoria Island). Location Aitkenhead Glacier is in Graham Land on the south coast of the Tri ...

, Sjögren Glacier, Eliason Glacier, Polaris Glacier, Pyke Glacier, Albone Glacier, Edgeworth Glacier, Desudava Glacier,

Boryana Glacier Desudava Glacier () is the long and wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated south of Dinsmoor Glacier and east-northeast of Boryana Glacier. Location Desudava Glacier is on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antar ...

, Darvari Glacier, Zaychar Glacier, Akaga Glacier, Arrol Icefall, Aleksiev Glacier, Kladorub Glacier,

Vrachesh Glacier Desislava Cove () is a wide cove indenting for the Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land west of Cape Worsley, Antarctica. It was formed as a result of the retreat of Aleksiev Glacier and Kladorub Glacier in the early 21st century. Location Desi ...

and Drygalski Glacier.

Other features

Other features, from north to south, include:

Kondofrey Heights

. Heights that rise to at Skakavitsa Peak, on the southeast side of the

. Named after the settlement of Kondofrey in western

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The Catwalk

. The very narrow neck of land between Herbert and Detroit Plateaus. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57 and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. So named by the UK-APC in 1960.

References

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