Name details

Pomerantz Tableland

Pomerantz Tableland (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pomerantz Tableland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1291

Feature type: Plateau

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

An ice-covered tableland about 16 km long, about 28 km north of Daniels Range. Plotted from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after Dr. M.A. Pomerantz, Director of the Bartol Research Foundation and Chairman of the US Committee for the International Year of the Quiet Sun, who carried on cosmic ray studies in the McMurdo area in 1959-60 and 1960-61.

Named For

Dr. M.A. Pomerantz

Location

Latitude:
70° 38' 00.0" S
-70.63331°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 50' 00.0" E
159.83331°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Jun-1964

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