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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United States Gazetteer Id 127998

Feature type: Plateau (2h)

Origin

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:

Narrative

A high, flat, snow-covered plateau, about 15 mi long and 10 mi wide, standing just N of Kent Gap and Saratoga Table in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Discovered and photographed on Jan. 13, 1956 on a transcontinental nonstop flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of Weddell Sea and return. Named by the US-ACAN for the USS Lexington of 1926, one of the first large aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy.

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Location

Latitude:
83° 05' 00.0" S
-83.08333°
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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:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1957

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