Stanford Plateau () is an icecapped plateau, over 3,000 m high and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, between the heads of
Leverett and
Kansas Glacier
Kansas Glacier () is a steep glacier, long, draining northeast from Stanford Plateau, Antarctica, to enter Reedy Glacier just north of Blubaugh Nunatak. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, ...
s. The plateau unites with the interior ice sheet to the south, but terminates to the north in the
Watson Escarpment
Watson Escarpment () is a major escarpment in the Queen Maud Mountains, trending northward along the east margin of Scott Glacier, then eastward to Reedy Glacier where it turns southward along the glacier's west side. Somewhat arcuate, the escarp ...
. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and
U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. It was named by the
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
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
which has sent a number of researchers to study Antarctica.
See also
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McLean Peak, a peak, 2,290 metres (7,500 ft) high, surmounting a spur descending from the northwest end of Stanford Plateau
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Plateaus of Antarctica
Landforms of Marie Byrd Land
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