
Dyer Plateau
(Palmer Land)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 70° 30' S 65° W
between 69°45'S 65°00'W and 71°40'S 63°30'W and rising to c. 2250m in N central Palmer Land, was photographed from the air and partially surveyed from the ground by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940; named after J. Glenn Dyer (b.1908), of the General Land Office, US Department of the Interior; the United States Antarctic Service surveyor and leader of the 'East Base' party, which sledged from Fleming Glacier SE across the plateau to Welch Mountains in November 1940; later in charge of Arctic operations, US Weather Bureau. The plateau was photographed from the air by the United States Navy, 1966-69.