Rockefeller Plateau
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Rockefeller Plateau (Marie Byrd Land lying eastward of Shirase Coast and Siple Coast and southward of the Ford Ranges, Flood Range and Executive Committee Range, centering near the coordinates given above. Much of its extensive, ice-covered surface is from 1,000 to 1,500 m above sea level. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in 1934, and named for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., patron of the Byrd expeditions.
) is that portion of the interior ice plateau ofThis article incorporates text from Rockefeller Plateau, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.