Jaeger table
| Jaeger table | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Dufek Massif , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 52 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Jaeger Table is a 2030 m high table mountain in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Dufek massif of the Pensacola Mountains, it rises at Worcester Summit .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped it in 1968 based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1964. The American geologist Arthur B. Ford named it after James Walter Jaeger, pilot of an LC-130 Hercules of the VXE flight squadron -6 in support of USGS work in this area between 1976 and 1977.
Web links
- Jaeger Table in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jaeger Table on geographic.org (English)