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)
Jaeger Table (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jaeger 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:
The ice-covered summit plateau of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, rising to 2,030 m at Worcester Summit. The plateau was mapped by USGS in 1968 from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1964. Named by US-ACAN, at the suggestion of USGS geologist Arthur B. Ford, after Cdr. James W. Jaeger, USN, pilot of the Squadron VXE-6 Hercules aircraft that landed the USGS field party in the area in the 1976-77 season.
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