Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Mackin Table (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mackin Table (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Plateau (2h)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice-topped, wedge-shaped plateau, about 20 mi long, standing just N of Patuxent Ice Stream in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named for J. Hoover Mackin, professor of geology at the University of Washington, at Seattle. The name was suggested by USARP geologists who investigated the Pensacola Mountains, several having been students under Mackin.
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