Grindley Plateau () is a high icecapped plateau in the central

Queen Alexandra Range The Queen Alexandra Range () is a major mountain range about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. The range is in the Transantarctic Mountains System, and is located in the Ross ...

of Antarctica, bordered by the peaks of Mount Mackellar, Mount Bell and

Mount Kirkpatrick Mount Kirkpatrick () is a lofty, generally ice-free mountain in Queen Alexandra Range west of Mount Dickerson. At it is the highest point in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. Exploration and name Mount Kirkpatrick was discovered and na ...

Name

Grindley Plateau was named by the Northern Party of the

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 19 ...

(NZGSAE; 1961–62) for George Grindley, senior geologist of the party.

Location

Grindley Plateau is in the central Queen Alexandra Range, north of

. The Garrard Glacier forms to its south and flows east into the

Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...

. The Wyckoff Glacier forms to its southeast and flows west to Lennox-King Glacier. The Wahl Glacier forms to its west and flows northwest to Lennox-King Glacier. Features surrounding the plateau include Mallory Bluff, Mount Mackellar, Mount Bell, Mount Kurlak, Mount Lockwood, Mount Stanley and Levi Peak.

Features

Mallory Bluff

. A prominent bluff on the northwest slope of Grindley Plateau, just northeast of the head of Wahl Glacier. Named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Roger P. Mallory, Jr., USARP meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1962, and at Wilkes Station, 1963.

Mount Bell

. A bluff-type mountain, high, forming a part of the northeast edge of Grindley Plateau, southeast of Mount Mackellar. Named by the

British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent. Its main target, among a range of ...

(BrAE) for William Bell, a relative of

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarcti ...

and supporter of the expedition.

Mount Kurlak

. An ice-covered mountain southeast of Mount Bell. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander William B. Kurlak, United States Navy, aircraft commander during United States Navy OpDFrz, 1964.

Mount Lockwood

. A projecting-type mountain south of Mount Bell, forming a part of the east face of Grindley Plateau. The above is the interpretation of Shackleton's intended position for this mountain made by the Southern Party of NZGSAE (1961-62), which explored this region. Named by BrAE (1907–09) for Doctor C.B. Lockwood of St. Bartholomew Hospital, where Doctor E.S. Marshall of BrAE had previously been employed.

Mount Stanley

. A peak, high, standing northeast of the head of Wyckoff Glacier near the western limits of Grindley Plateau. Named by the BrAE (1907–09) for the eldest brother of Doctor E.S. Marshall, a member of the expedition. This identification is the NZGSAE (1961-62) interpretation of the original positioning by the BrAE (1907-09).

Levi Peak

. A rock peak northwest of Mount Stanley, at the western edge of Grindley Plateau. Named by US-ACAN for Gene S. Levi, meteorologist at Hallett Station, winter 1963, and 1964-65 summer season.

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