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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Jaeger Table (GBR) | 82° 36' 00.0" S | 52° 30' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 109497
Place ID: 7034
ice-covered summit plateau of Dufek Massif (q.v.) rising to 2030m at Worcester Summit, was photographed from the air by USGS in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named 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 (Jaeger Hills, q.v.) (APC, 1980, p.4). |
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| Jaeger Table (USA) | 82° 36' 00.0" S | 52° 30' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 127031
Place ID: 7034
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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