This page presents the geographical name data for
Saratoga Table in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Saratoga Table
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13295
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
83° 20' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
050° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-83.3333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-50.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1957
Description
(see definition):
A high, flat, snow-covered plateau, 8 mi long and 6 mi wide, standing just S of Kent Gap and Lexington Table in southern 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 Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the USS Saratoga of 1926, one of the first large aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Saratoga Table in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Saratoga Table information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Saratoga Table should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.