Laclavère Plateau#Misty Pass

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Laclavère Plateau is in Graham Land towards the north of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

It is southeast of the Huon Bay, south of the Duroch Islands and Schmidt Peninsula, west of the Mott Snowfield and Duse Bay and north of Broad Valley.

Named features include Misty Pass in the west and Theodolite Hill in the east.{{sfn|Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS}}{{sfn|Graham Land and South Shetland BAS}}

Laclavère Plateau was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC; 1963) after French cartographer Georges R. Laclavère, President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1958–63.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=410}}

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Named features, from west to east, include:

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A pass, {{convert|700|m}} high, between the head of Broad Valley and a valley descending north to Bransfield Strait, situated {{convert|8|nmi}} southeast of Cape Ducorps.

Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946, and so named because clouds pouring east through the pass had been noted by the survey party to herald bad weather.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=496}}

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An ice-covered hill rising to {{convert|713|m}}.

Situated at the south entrance to Misty Pass west of Laclavère Plateau, {{convert|2.39|km}} east of Morro del Paso Peak, {{convert|1.41|km}} south by west of Dabnik Peak, {{convert|10.08|km}} west of Kanitz Nunatak and {{convert|6.72|km}} north of Yarlovo Nunatak.

Surmounting Broad Valley to the southeast.

German-British mapping in 1996.

Named after the settlement of Prilep in Southeastern Bulgaria.{{sfn|Prilep Knoll SCAR}}

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A peak rising to {{convert|1038|m}}{{sfn|Antarctic REMA Explorer|loc=63°28′31″S 57°58′17″W}} high off the west extremity of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated on the east side of Misty Pass, {{convert|14.2|km}} southeast of Cape Ducorps, {{convert|11.14|km}} southwest of Ami Boué Peak and {{convert|9.81|km}} west-northwest of Kanitz Nunatak.

Surmounting Broad Valley to the south and Ogoya Glacier to the NW.

German-British mapping in 1996.

Named after the town of Dolni Dabnik in Northern Bulgaria.{{sfn|Dabnik Peak SCAR}}

{{coord|63|25|01|S|57|47|23|W}}.

A peak rising to {{convert|808|m}}{{sfn|Antarctic REMA Explorer|loc=63°25′01″S 57°47′23″W}} high in the north extremity of Laclavère Plateau.

Situated {{convert|8.79|km}} south-southeast of Mount Jacquinot, {{convert|11.14|km}} northeast of Dabnik Peak, {{convert|8.43|km}} north of Kanitz Nunatak and {{convert|12.56|km}} west-southwest of Fidase Peak.

German-British mapping in 1996.

Named after the French explorer of the Balkans Ami Boué (1794-1881).{{sfn|Ami Boué Peak SCAR}}

{{coord|63|29|33|S|57|46|41|W}}.

A rocky peak rising to {{convert|659|m}}{{sfn|Antarctic REMA Explorer|loc=63°29′33″S 57°46′41″W}} high in the southern foothills of Laclavère Plateau.

Situated {{convert|8.43|km}} south of Ami Boué Peak, {{convert|9.81|km}} east-southeast of Dabnik Peak, {{convert|6.15|km}} north of Cain Nunatak and {{convert|9.84|km}} west by south of Theodolite Hill.

Overlooking Broad Valley to the S.

German-British mapping in 1996.

Named after the settlement of Kanitz in Northwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the Austro-Hungarian geographer and ethnographer Felix Kanitz (1829-1904).{{sfn|Kanitz Nunatak SCAR}}

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A hill, {{convert|680|m}} high, with a small rock outcrop at its summit, standing at the southeast corner of a plateau-type mountain {{convert|5|nmi}} west of the northwest end of Duse Bay, in the northeast part of Trinity Peninsula.

Discovered by the FIDS, 1946, and so named during their survey of the area because it served as an important theodolite station.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=741}}

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A rocky hill rising to {{convert|574|m}}.{{sfn|Antarctic REMA Explorer|loc=63°26′28″S 57°34′10″W}}

Situated in the east foothills of Laclavère Plateau, {{convert|2.49|km}} west by north of Abrit Nunatak, {{convert|3.72|km}} north of Theodolite Hill and {{convert|7.5|km}} south of Fidase Peak.

Overlooking Mott Snowfield to the north.

German-British mapping in 1996.

Named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Urguri in Southeastern Bulgaria.{{sfn|Urguri Nunatak SCAR}}

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A rocky hill rising to over {{convert|556|m}}.{{sfn|Antarctic REMA Explorer|loc=63°26′46″S 57°31′10″W}}

Situated east of Laclavère Plateau and south of Mott Snowfield, {{convert|4.47|km}} northeast of Theodolite Hill, {{convert|2.49|km}} east by south of Urguri Nunatak, {{convert|8.2|km}} south by east of Fidase Peak and {{convert|4.83|km}} southwest of Camel Nunataks.

Overlooking Mott Snowfield to the north and Retizhe Cove to the SE.

German-British mapping in 1996.

Named after the settlement of Abrit in Northeastern Bulgaria.{{sfn|Abrit Nunatak SCAR}}

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Category:Plateaus of Graham Land

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