Louis Philippe Plateau

The Louis Philippe Plateau (-63.6°N, -58.35°W) is a plateau, about 11 nmi long and 5 nmi wide, which rises to 1,370 m and occupies the central part of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Russell West Glacier and Windy Gap.

Location
The Louis Philippe Plateau is in Graham Land in the central spine of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Marescot Ridge and Lafond Bay are to the north, Broad Valley and the Laclavère Plateau are to the east, the Cugnot Ice Piedmont and Russell East Glacier are to the south and Russell West Glacier and Srednogorie Heights are to the west. Features include Allen Knoll, Benz Pass, Windy Gap and Mount D'Urville.

Name
The name, recommended by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1948, commemorates Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville's 1838 exploration of the Trinity Peninsula area, which he had named "Terre Louis Philippe," after Louis Philippe I, the King of France at the time.

Western features
Western features include, from west to east:

Trajan Gate
-63.60833°N, -58.59167°W. A flat saddle with elevation about 850 m high extending 4.3 km, which is situated between Malorad Glacier to the north and Russell West Glacier to the south. Linking Mount Ignatiev and Srednogorie Heights to the west, and Louis-Philippe Plateau to the east. Named after the Gate of Trajan mountain pass in Western Bulgaria.

Prelez Gap
-63.575°N, -58.53333°W. A flat ice-covered saddle of elevation 793 m high, which links Marescot Ridge to the northwest to Louis-Philippe Plateau to the southeast. Overlooking the upper course of Malorad Glacier to the west. Named after the settlement of Prelez in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Huhla Col
-63.57972°N, -58.48722°W. An ice-covered col of elevation over 1131 m high that links Snegotin Ridge to the north to the west part of Louis-Philippe Plateau to the south. Overlooking Prelez Gap and Malorad Glacier to the west-northwest. Named after the settlement of Huhla in Southern Bulgaria.

Snegotin Ridge
-63.56111°N, -58.46389°W. An ice-covered ridge rising to 1230 m high on the northwest side of Louis-Philippe Plateau. Extending 6.5 km in southwest–northeast direction and 4 km wide, and linked to the south to Louis-Philippe Plateau by Huhla Col. Named after the settlement of Snegotin in Southern Bulgaria.

Lardigo Peak
-63.56167°N, -58.48167°W. An ice-covered peak rising to 1204 m in Snegotin Ridge. Situated 10.06 km northeast of Mount Ignatiev, 4.2 km east of Crown Peak, 9.63 km southeast of Marescot Point, 13.17 km southwest of Tintyava Peak and 10.62 km northwest of Hochstetter Peak. Named after Lardigo Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Southern features
Southern features include, from west to east:

Drenta Bluff
-63.67417°N, -58.42083°W. An ice-covered bluff of elevation 1043 m high forming the south extremity of Louis-Philippe Plateau. Situated on the north side of Benz Pass, 1.64 km north by west of Gigen Peak, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev and 6.62 km southwest of Smin Peak. Surmounting Verdikal Gap to the west and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east-northeast. Named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria.

Smin Peak
-63.63806°N, -58.31472°W. A partly ice-free peak rising to 866 m. Situated in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau, 2.69 km south by west of Hochstetter Peak, 3.87 km north of Chochoveni Nunatak and 6.61 km northeast of Drenta Bluff. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east and south. Named after the settlement of Smin in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Hochstetter Peak
-63.61444°N, -58.30333°W. A partly ice-free peak rising to 1087 m high. Situated in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau, 6.83 km west-southwest of Kukuryak Bluff, 10.82 km northwest of Levassor Nunatak and 2.69 km north by east of Smin Peak. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east. Named after the German-Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829-1884) who worked in Bulgaria, other European countries and New Zealand.

Kukuryak Bluff
-63.59806°N, -58.17056°W. A partly ice-free bluff rising to 739 m high. Situated at the end of a ridge descending eastwards from Louis-Philippe Plateau, 3.65 km south of Windy Gap, 13.54 km west-northwest of Kribul Hill, 8.41 km north-northwest of Levassor Nunatak and 6.83 km east-northeast of Hochstetter Peak. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the southeast. Named after the settlement of Kukuryak in Southern Bulgaria.

Northern features
Northern features include, from west to east:

Ogled Peak
-63.50569°N, -58.305°W. An ice-covered peak rising to 848 m high in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau. Situated 3.66 km northwest of Tintyava Peak, 12.11 km north of Hochstetter Peak and 10.76 km northeast of Lardigo Peak. Overlooking Bransfield Strait to the north. Named after the settlement of Ogled in Southern Bulgaria.

Tintyava Peak
-63.51722°N, -58.23611°W. An ice-covered peak rising to 1026 m high in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau. Situated 2.28 km west-southwest of Mount D"Urville, 9.57 km north-northwest of Kukuryak Bluff and 13.16 km east-northeast of Lardigo Peak. Surmounting the upper course of Sestrimo Glacier to the east-southeast. Named after the settlement of Tintyava in Southern Bulgaria.

Konush Hill
-63.49111°N, -58.19639°W. An ice-covered hill rising to 716 m high in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau. Situated 5.64 km east-northeast of Ogled Peak and5.51 km west by south of Cerro Guerrero. Surmounting Sestrimo Glacier to the east and Lafond Bay to the north. Named after the settlements of Konush in Southern Bulgaria.

Guerrero Hill
-63.48333°N, -58.05°W. Cerro Guerrero. A hill approximately 932 m high, which rises 7 nmi south-southeast of the north end of Cape Ducorps. Named after José N. Guerrero Villarroel, of the cutter Yelcho of the Chilean Navy, who participated in the rescue of the shipwrecked of Sir Ernest Shackleton's British Expedition in 1916.

Mount D'Urville
-63.51667°N, -58.18333°W. A mountain, 1,085 m high, standing close north of the east end of Louis Philippe Plateau. Discovered by the French expedition, 1837-40, and named for the expedition leader, Captain (later Admiral) Jules Dumont d'Urville.