The Altiplano (78°8′S 163°55′E / 78.133°S 163.917°E / -78.133; 163.917) is a small elevated valley between Findlay Ridge and Miers Valley. It was named by a New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) field party to the area, 1977–78, after the much larger intermontane plateau of the Andes Mountains.

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