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Bruce Plateau

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408: 673: 155: 202: 714: 53:) is an ice-covered plateau, at least 90 nautical miles (170 km) long and about 1,830 metres (6,000 ft) high, extending northeast from the heads of 188: 136: 102: 743: 90: 169: 127: 77:
on the north. The first sighting of this plateau has not been ascertained, but it was presumably seen in January 1909 by members of the
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You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 95:UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 14: 671: 406: 158: This article incorporates 153: 175:United States Geological Survey 133:United States Geological Survey 1: 744:Graham Coast geography stubs 211:Coasts and plateaus of the 79:French Antarctic Expedition 760: 666: 404: 219: 734:Plateaus of Graham Land 85:from their position in 683:location article is a 613:Louis Philippe Plateau 160:public domain material 83:Jean-Baptiste Charcot 16:Plateau in Antarctica 213:Antarctic Peninsula 61:to the vicinity of 37: /  444:Nordenskjöld Coast 696: 695: 661: 660: 633:Forbidden Plateau 608:Laclavère Plateau 596: 595: 432:Trinity Peninsula 402: 401: 393:Rydberg Peninsula 349:Buttress Nunataks 251:Trinity Peninsula 221:North to south: 75:Forbidden Plateau 73:on the south and 751: 717: 710: 703: 675: 668: 648:Hemimont Plateau 601:Central plateaus 451:Cape Fairweather 420: 410: 311:Fallières Coast‎ 239: 205: 198: 191: 182: 178: 157: 156: 147: 146: 144: 143: 119: 99:William S. Bruce 87:Pendleton Strait 52: 51: 49: 48: 47: 42: 38: 35: 34: 33: 30: 759: 758: 754: 753: 752: 750: 749: 748: 724: 723: 722: 721: 664: 662: 657: 623:Herbert Plateau 618:Detroit Plateau 592: 548: 531:Cape Mackintosh 492: 457:Oscar II Coast‎ 411: 398: 366: 322: 305:Bourgeois Fjord 230: 215: 209: 165:"Bruce Plateau" 163: 154: 151: 150: 141: 139: 123:"Bruce Plateau" 121: 120: 116: 111: 59:Erskine Glacier 45: 43: 39: 36: 31: 28: 26: 24: 23: 17: 12: 11: 5: 757: 755: 747: 746: 741: 736: 726: 725: 720: 719: 712: 705: 697: 694: 693: 676: 659: 658: 656: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 630: 628:Foster Plateau 625: 620: 615: 610: 604: 602: 598: 597: 594: 593: 591: 590: 587:Hercules Inlet 583: 581:Zumberge Coast 578: 571: 566: 558: 556: 554:Ellsworth Land 550: 549: 547: 546: 539: 537:Lassiter Coast 534: 527: 522: 515: 510: 502: 500: 494: 493: 491: 490: 483: 478: 471: 466: 463:Cape Alexander 459: 454: 447: 441: 434: 428: 426: 417: 413: 412: 405: 403: 400: 399: 397: 396: 389: 384: 381:Eklund Islands 376: 374: 372:Ellsworth Land 368: 367: 365: 364: 361:Eklund Islands 357: 352: 345: 340: 332: 330: 324: 323: 321: 320: 313: 308: 301: 296: 289: 284: 277: 272: 265: 260: 253: 247: 245: 236: 232: 231: 220: 217: 216: 210: 208: 207: 200: 193: 185: 149: 148: 113: 112: 110: 107: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 756: 745: 742: 740: 737: 735: 732: 731: 729: 718: 713: 711: 706: 704: 699: 698: 692: 690: 686: 682: 677: 674: 670: 665: 654: 651: 649: 646: 644: 643:Avery Plateau 641: 639: 638:Bruce Plateau 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 616: 614: 611: 609: 606: 605: 603: 599: 589: 588: 584: 582: 579: 577: 576: 575:Cape Zumberge 572: 570: 569:Orville Coast 567: 565: 564: 560: 559: 557: 555: 551: 545: 544: 540: 538: 535: 533: 532: 528: 526: 523: 521: 520: 516: 514: 513:Wilkins Coast 511: 509: 508: 504: 503: 501: 499: 495: 489: 488: 484: 482: 481:Bowman Coast‎ 479: 477: 476: 475:Cape Northrop 472: 470: 467: 465: 464: 460: 458: 455: 453: 452: 448: 445: 442: 440: 439: 435: 433: 430: 429: 427: 425: 421: 418: 414: 409: 395: 394: 390: 388: 387:English Coast 385: 383: 382: 378: 377: 375: 373: 369: 363: 362: 358: 356: 355:English Coast 353: 351: 350: 346: 344: 341: 339: 338: 334: 333: 331: 329: 325: 319: 318: 314: 312: 309: 307: 306: 302: 300: 297: 295: 294: 290: 288: 287:Graham Coast‎ 285: 283: 282: 278: 276: 273: 271: 270: 269:Cape Sterneck 266: 264: 261: 259: 258: 257:Cape Kjellman 254: 252: 249: 248: 246: 244: 240: 237: 233: 229:• Coast • ... 228: 224: 218: 214: 206: 201: 199: 194: 192: 187: 186: 183: 179: 176: 172: 171: 166: 161: 138: 134: 130: 129: 124: 118: 115: 108: 106: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 71:Avery Plateau 69:. It borders 68: 64: 60: 56: 55:Gould Glacier 50: 21: 20:Bruce Plateau 739:Graham Coast 689:expanding it 681:Graham Coast 678: 663: 653:Dyer Plateau 637: 585: 573: 561: 541: 529: 517: 507:Cape Agassiz 505: 487:Cape Agassiz 485: 473: 461: 449: 438:Cape Longing 436: 391: 379: 359: 347: 343:Rymill Coast 335: 315: 303: 299:Loubet Coast 291: 279: 267: 263:Davis Coast‎ 255: 226: 222: 168: 152: 140:. Retrieved 126: 117: 63:Flandres Bay 19: 18: 525:Black Coast 498:Palmer Land 424:Graham Land 337:Cape Jeremy 328:Palmer Land 317:Cape Jeremy 293:Cape Bellue 281:Cape Renard 275:Danco Coast 243:Graham Land 105:, 1902–04. 67:Graham Land 44: / 728:Categories 563:Cape Adams 543:Cape Adams 519:Cape Boggs 469:Foyn Coast 416:East coast 235:West coast 225:• Coast • 142:2011-09-22 109:References 41:66°S 64°W 46:-66; -64 227:Feature 223:Feature 97:after 81:under 679:This 162:from 65:, in 685:stub 57:and 32:64°W 29:66°S 730:: 173:. 167:. 135:, 131:. 125:. 716:e 709:t 702:v 691:. 446:‎ 204:e 197:t 190:v 177:. 145:. 22:(

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Gould Glacier
Erskine Glacier
Flandres Bay
Graham Land
Avery Plateau
Forbidden Plateau
French Antarctic Expedition
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Pendleton Strait
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
William S. Bruce
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
"Bruce Plateau"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
public domain material
"Bruce Plateau"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
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Antarctic Peninsula
Graham Land
Trinity Peninsula
Cape Kjellman
Davis Coast‎

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