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[[File:Hollick-Kenyon-Plateau.png|400px|thumb|Map showing the location of the Hollick-Kenyon Plateau]] | [[File:Hollick-Kenyon-Plateau.png|400px|thumb|Map showing the location of the Hollick-Kenyon Plateau]] | ||
The '''Hollick-Kenyon Plateau | The '''Hollick-Kenyon Plateau''' (78°S 105°W) is a vast, featureless, snow-covered plateau in [[Westarctica]], 1,200 to 1,800 meters (4,000 to 6,000 ft) above sea level, located between the northern portion of the Ellsworth Mountains to the east and [[Mount Takahe]] and the [[Crary Mountains]] to the west. | ||
As with the [[Rockefeller | As with the [[Rockefeller Plateau]], the Hollick-Kenyon Plateau comprises nearly 20% of Westarctica's total land area. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was discovered by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]] on his trans-Antarctic airplane flight during November–December 1935, and named by Ellsworth for his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon. | It was discovered by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]] on his trans-Antarctic airplane flight during November–December 1935, and named by Ellsworth for his pilot, [[Herbert Hollick-Kenyon]]. | ||
==Noble title== | |||
As part of the [[20th Anniversary Honors and Appointments]] celebrating [[Westarctica]]'s 20 years of sovereignty, [[Grand Duke Travis]] bestowed the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Prince of Hollick-Kenyon upon himself. It was the first such instance of the Grand Duke taking a [[subordinate title]]. | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||