Festive Plateau
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Festive Plateau is an ice-covered plateau over 2,200 m, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, just north of Mount Longhurst in the Churchill Mountains
. Named by two members of the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58) who spent Christmas Day 1957 on the plateau.
Churchill Mountains
The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica...
. Named by two members of the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58) who spent Christmas Day 1957 on the plateau.