Name StatusApprovedFeaturePlateauNZ Gazette Reference2004 (76) p.1853DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA flat, ice-covered plateau that rises to 3000 m between Mount Waterman, Mount Cartwright, and Mount Bronk in the central Hughes Range of the Queen Maud Mountains. The plateau trends N-S for 9 miles and is 2.5 miles wide. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of Nov. 18, 1929, and surveyed by A. P. Crary, 1957 - 58. Mapped by USGS from surveys, 1962 - 63, and the U.S. Navy photography taken 1958 - 63. The Plateau is named in honour of Neal Lane, Director of the National Science Foundation from 1993 to 1998. Dr Lane visited Antarctica on 3 occassions and guided the foundation through 2 high level reviews of the US Antarctic Programme. Under his leadership NSF won congressional approval for rebuilding South Pole Station as a premier international science facility set to open at the beginning of the 21st century.
Lane Plateau has several nearby features which also honour people who have been instrumental in shaping US leadership in Antarctic activities including Mt Waterman, Mount Bronk, Mount Cartwright and Mount Wexler.
