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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Cleveland Mesa (USA) 86° 19' 00.0" S 130° 00' 00.0" W Mesa
Name ID: 123624 Place ID: 2761

A high, ice-covered mesa, 5 mi long and 3 mi wide, situated at the SE end of Michigan Plateau. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Harlan Cleveland, Asst. Sec. of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961-65, who was Chairman of the Antarctic Policy Group in 1965.

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