Prentice Plateau


Prentice Plateau is a nearly rectangular plateau of about at the north side of Victoria Upper Glacier and west of Apollo Peak, Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The upper surface is ice-covered except for scoured outcrops. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Michael L. Prentice, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; in United States Antarctic Program for 15 years from about 1983 including work in McMurdo Dry Valleys.