Feature Name (see definition): Pomerantz Tableland

Feature Class (see definition): Area

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11937

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 159° 50' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 159.8333333

Elevation (see definition): 2290

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A high (2,290 m) ice-covered tableland about 10 mi long, standing 15 mi NW of Daniels Range in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Martin A. Pomerantz, Director of the Barthol Research Foundation and Chairman of the U.S. Committee for the International Year of the Quiet Sun, who carried on cosmic ray studies in the McMurdo Sound area, 1959-60 and 1960-61.

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