Herbert Plateau
Herbert Plateau lies to the south of Hughes Bay and east of Charlotte Bay on the Danco Coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. The plateau runs north-east to south-west between The Catwalk and The Waist, and rises to about 6,400 feet.
This plateau is a portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, between Blériot Glacier and Drygalski Glacier. It borders the Foster Plateau on the south and Detroit Plateau on the north.
The plateau was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Hope Bay" in November 1957 and was named after Walter William ("Wally") Herbert (b. 1934), assistant surveyor at "Hope Bay" in 1956-58, who with L. Rice (from whom Rice Bastion is named) and others made the first survey sledge journey from Hope Bay to Reclus Peninsula by way of Detroit Plateau, this plateau and Foster Plateau. Herbert was also the surveyor on the New Zealand Antarctic Expedition of 1960-62, Leader of the British Trans-Arctic Expedition of 1968-69 (which made the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Point Barrow to Svalbard).
Location
- Location map: 64°31’59"S, 61°12’58"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Herbert Plateau
- Gildea, Damien: 'Antarctic Peninsula - Mountaineering in Antarctica: Travel Guide'