Antarctic Plateau

Polar Plateau

Area of central Antarctica.

Facts about Antarctic Plateau

Instance Of:

Plateau,Plain

Continent:

Antarctica

Shares Border With:

American Highland

Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity:

Antarctic Treaty Area

Maximum Temperature Record:

19.4

Said to Be the Same As:

South Polar Plateau

Wikidata

Wikipedia | Antarctic Plateau

The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. This huge continental plateau is at an average elevation of about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).