Dyer Plateau is a broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

, bounded to the north by Fleming Glacier

Fleming Glacier

Fleming Glacier is a broad glacier 25 nautical miles long on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, flowing west-northwest and terminating in Forster Ice Piedmont to the east of Wordie Ice Shelf...

 and Bingham Glacier

Bingham Glacier

Bingham Glacier is a glacier long flowing eastward to the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, with Cape Reichelderfer as its southern portal. The coast where Bingham Glacier reaches Larsen Ice Shelf was photographed by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, and was mapped...

, and to the south by the Gutenko Mountains

Gutenko Mountains

Gutenko Mountains is a large, scattered group of hills, nunataks and small mountains at the south end of Dyer Plateau in central Palmer Land. The feature includes Elliott Hills, Rathbone Hills, Guthridge Nunataks and Blanchard Nunataks...

. The plateau was first explored on land and photographed from the air by the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named after J. Glenn Dyer, surveyor with the then General Land Office

General Land Office

The General Land Office was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States. It was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the United States Department of the Treasury...

, Dept. of the Interior; leader of the USAS surface party which sledged from Fleming Glacier southeast across the plateau to the Welch Mountains

Welch Mountains

Welch Mountains is a group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to 3,015 m, located 25 nautical miles north of Mount Jackson on the east margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land...

; U.S. observer with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) during the 1956-57 season.