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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9239

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 84° 57' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.95

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1969

Description (see definition): An ice-topped, wedge-shaped plateau, about 20 mi long, standing just N of Patuxent Ice Stream in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1956-66. Named for J. Hoover Mackin, professor of geology at the University of Washington, at Seattle. The name was suggested by U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologists who investigated the Pensacola Mountains, several having been students under Mackin.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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