Name details

Lexington Table

Lexington Table (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lexington Table  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109823

Feature type: Plateau

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

ice-covered plateau in central Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, rising to c.1600m, was photographed from the air by USN, 13 January 1956, on a non-stop flight from McMurdo Sound, Ross Dependency, to the Weddell Sea and return during ODF, 1955-56; in association with Saratoga Table (q.v.), named after USS Lexington which was commissioned in 1926 as one of the first USN fleet carriers and which served in the Pacific Ocean in World War II ([in 83°25'S 49°30'W] NGS map, 1957b; USBGN, 1960, p.5; [correctly positioned] USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1969; APC, 1974, p.5). Gora Leksington-Teybl (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The feature was further photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1965-66.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
83° 05' 00.0" S
-83.08333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
49° 45' 00.0" W
-49.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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:
3-Nov-1971

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