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Jaeger Table: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Jaeger 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): Jaeger Table

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7446

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 82° 36' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 052° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82.6

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -52.5

Elevation (see definition): 2030

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): The ice-covered summit plateau of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, rising to 2,030 m at Worcester Summit. The plateau was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1968 from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1964. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), at the suggestion of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist Arthur B. Ford, after Commander James W. Jaeger, U.S. Navy (USN), pilot of the Squadron VXE-6 Hercules aircraft that landed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party in the area in the 1976-77 season.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Jaeger 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 Jaeger Table information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jaeger Table should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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