Feature Name (see definition): Lexington Table

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8790

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 05' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 049° 45' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -83.0833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -49.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1957

Description (see definition): A high, flat, snow-covered plateau, about 15 mi long and 10 mi wide, standing just N of Kent Gap and Saratoga Table in the 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 Lexington 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