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Saratoga Table

Plateau in Antarctica

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The Saratoga Table () is a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, 8 nmi long and 6 nmi wide, standing just south of Kent Gap and Lexington Table in the southern Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.

Discovery and name

The Saratoga Table was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a transcontinental nonstop flight by personnel of United States Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of the Weddell Sea and return. I was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the USS Saratoga of 1926, one of the first large aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

Location

The Saratoga Table is bounded by the Support Force Glacier to the east and the Median Snowfield to the southwest. It is separated from the Lexington Table to the north by May Valley, Kent Gap and Chambers Glacier. Features, clockwise from the north, include Sorna Bluff, Mount Hummer, Mount Hook, Ronald Rock, Skidmore Cliff, Vigen Cliffs, Gabbro Crest, Sheriff Cliffs, Fierle Peak, Dyrdal Peak, Mount Stephens, Magnetite Bluff, Mathis Spur, Burmester Dome and Huie Cliffs. Features in the snowfield to the southeast include Haskill Nunatak, Ray Nunatak, Beiszer Nunatak, Grob Ridge and Coal Rock.

Features

Most of the features were mapped by the USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photographs in 1956–66.

May Valley

Kent Gap

Sorna Bluff

Mount Hummer

Mount Hook

Ronald Rock

Skidmore Cliff

Vigen Cliffs

Gabbro Crest

Sheriff Cliffs

Fierle Peak

Dyrdal Peak

Mount Stephens

Magnetite Bluff

Mathis Spur

Burmester Dome

Huie Cliffs

Southwest features

Features to the southwest of the table include:

Himmelberg Hills

Haskill Nunatak

Ray Nunatak

Beiszer Nunatak

Grob Ridge

Coal Rock

Main article: Coal Rock

References

Sources

{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |access-date=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
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{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saratoga_Table_USGS.jpg |access-date=2024-03-20

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