Midnight Plateau
Plateau High ice-covered Antarctic plateau
Midnight Plateau sits in Antarctica’s interior and attracts scientific expeditions and specialized polar travelers. Interest centers on glaciology, remote polar landscapes and logistical staging for field research.
Midnight Plateau is a named ice plateau in Antarctica used as a geographic reference. It is one of many high, flat expanses of ice named during Antarctic surveys.
The location is remote and lacks visitor infrastructure, being of interest primarily to scientists and explorers. Surface conditions are typical polar ice plateau terrain.
The plateau was identified and named during Antarctic mapping and survey work and appears in scientific and cartographic records.
Positioned in Antarctica at high southern latitude, the plateau sits within the continent’s interior ice fields.
How to Get to Midnight Plateau #
Midnight Plateau is in Antarctica and reached only as part of scientific expeditions or national program fieldwork during the austral summer.
Best Time to Visit Midnight Plateau #
Visits only as part of scientific programs in the austral summer; conditions are extreme.
Weather & Climate near Midnight Plateau #
Midnight Plateau's climate is classified as Ice Cap - Ice Cap climate with freezing summers (peaking in December) and freezing winters (coldest in August). Temperatures range from -45°C to -17°C. Very dry conditions with minimal rainfall with a pronounced dry season.
January
January is freezing with highs of -17°C and lows of -24°C. The driest month with just 0 mm.
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February
February is freezing with highs of -24°C and lows of -31°C. Almost no rain.
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March
March is freezing with highs of -32°C and lows of -39°C. Almost no rain.
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April
April is freezing with highs of -36°C and lows of -42°C. Almost no rain.
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May
May is freezing with highs of -37°C and lows of -44°C. Almost no rain.
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June
June is freezing with highs of -37°C and lows of -43°C. Almost no rain.
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July
July is freezing with highs of -38°C and lows of -44°C. Almost no rain.
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August
August is the coldest month with highs of -39°C and lows of -45°C. Light rainfall and breezy conditions.
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September
September is freezing with highs of -37°C and lows of -43°C. Almost no rain.
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October
October is freezing with highs of -33°C and lows of -40°C. Almost no rain.
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November
November is freezing with highs of -24°C and lows of -30°C. The driest month with just 0 mm.
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December
December is freezing with highs of -17°C and lows of -23°C. Almost no rain.