Name StatusApproved: NZGB Antarctic CommitteeFeaturePlateauNZ Gazette Reference2009 (77) p.1803DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA narrow, snow-covered extension of the Polar Plateau to the foot of Mount Longhurst. It is about 46 km long and 9 km wide. The plateau was used by the Darwin Glacier party of the TAE (1956-58) who named it from Mount Longhurst. It was originally called Longhurst Tongue.