Malta Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau of about extent in the

Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains ...

of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by

Mariner Glacier Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue. ...

, on the north by tributaries to

Trafalgar Glacier Trafalgar Glacier () is a tributary glacier about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains to join Tucker Glacier below Bypass Hill, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The ...

, and on the east by tributaries to

Borchgrevink Glacier Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, draining south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue, the Borchgrevink ...

. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee to commemorate the island of Malta in association with the Victory Mountains. The plateau is part of the Melbourne Volcanic Province of the

McMurdo Volcanic Group The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica. It is one of the largest provinces of alkaline volcanism in the world, having formed as a res ...

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