Vostok Subglacial Highlands
Vostok Subglacial Highlands (80°0′S 102°0′E / 80.000°S 102.000°ECoordinates: 80°0′S 102°0′E / 80.000°S 102.000°E) is a line of subglacial highlands trending NNW-SSE and forming an east extension of Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and named after Vostok, the flagship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition, 1819-21 led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.[1]
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- ^ Vostok Subglacial Highlands: Antarctica geographic.org
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Vostok Subglacial Highlands". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
- Mountain ranges of Antarctica
- Landforms of Wilkes Land
- Highlands
- Wilkes Land geography stubs