Nilsen Plateau

Nilsen Plateau
Geography
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Ross Dependency
Range coordinates	86°20′S 158°0′W / 86.333°S 158.000°W / -86.333; -158.000
Parent range	Queen Maud Mountains

Nilsen Plateau (86°20′S 158°0′W / 86.333°S 158.000°W / -86.333; -158.000) is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. When including Fram Mesa, the plateau is about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long and 1 to 12 nautical miles (1.9 to 22.2 km; 1.2 to 13.8 mi) wide, rising to 3,940 metres (12,930 ft) high between the upper reaches of the Amundsen and Scott glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Captain Thorvald Nilsen, commander of the ship Fram. ^[1]