The Lexington Table () is a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, about long and wide, standing just north of

Kent Gap The Saratoga Table () is a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, long and 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 discov ...

and Saratoga Table in the

Forrestal Range The Forrestal Range () is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Forrestal Range was discovered and photographed on ...

, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.

Discovery and name

The Lexington Table was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a transcontinental nonstop flight by personnel of United States Navy

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze is the code name for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There was an init ...

I from

McMurdo Sound The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole. Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841 and named it after Lieutenant ...

to the vicinity of the

Weddell Sea The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha C ...

and return. It was named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for the USS ''Lexington'' of 1926, one of the first large aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

Location

The Lexington Table is north of the Saratoga Table, from which it is separated by the May Valley,

and Chambers Glacier. The

Support Force Glacier The Support Force Glacier () is a major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward between the Forrestal Range and Argentina Range to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapping and name The Support Force Glacier was mapped by the United ...

runs along its eastern side. Features, clockwise from the northeast, include Franko Escarpment, McCauley Rock, Ritala Spur, Mount Zirzow, Kovacs Glacier, Mount Mann, Watts Summit, Cooke Crags, Henderson Bluff and Hodge Escarpment. Features to the southwest include Camp Spur, Mount Lechner, Erlanger Spur, Blount Nunatak, Abele Spur, Creaney Nunataks and Herring Nunataks.

Features

Franko Escarpment

. A mostly snow-covered escarpment that runs north–south for and forms the northeast edge of Lexington Table. Named by US-AC AN in 1979 for Stephen J. Franko, Grants and Contracts Officer, National Science Foundation, from 1967, with responsibility for all contracts in support of the USARP.

McCauley Rock

. A rock, high, situated just off the east edge of Lexington Table, north of Mount Zirzow. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Clyde J. McCauley, United States Navy seaman at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Ritala Spur

. A mostly snow-covered spur extending northeast from the east side of Lexington Table. Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after Keith D. Ritala, USARP geophysicist who conducted gravity research at South Pole Station, winter party 1972.

Mount Zirzow

. A mountain, high, standing north of Mount Mann on the east edge of Lexington Table. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Commander

Charles F. Zirzow Commander Charles F. Zirzow, U.S. Navy, (December 19, 1922 – July 3, 1997) was assistant chief of staff for civil engineering with the Naval Civil Engineering Corps and was Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, ...

, United States Navy, Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-67.

Mount Mann

. A mountain, high, standing on the southeast edge of Lexington Table, south of Mount Zirzow. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Edward K. Mann, United States Air Force, an assistant in the Research Division of the United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-68.

Watts Summit

. A peak rising to high in the southwest corner of Lexington Table. Mapped by USGS in 1967 from ground surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs taken 1964. Named in 1979 by US-ACAN after Raymond D. Watts, USGS geophysicist who worked in the Forrestal Range and

Dufek Massif The Dufek Massif () is a rugged, largely snow-covered massif long, standing west of the Forrestal Range in the northern part of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Dufek Massif was discovered and photographed on Januar ...

, 1978-79.

Cooke Crags

. Rock crags on the ice slope between Henderson Bluff and Mount Lechner on the west side of Lexington Table. The area was mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after James E. Cooke, USGS geophysicist who worked in Forrestal Range and Dufek Massif, 1978-79.

Henderson Bluff

. A rock bluff, high, along the west side of Lexington Table north of Mount Lechner, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for John R. Henderson, geophysicist in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965-66.

Hodge Escarpment

. An escarpment to the northeast of Henderson Bluff on the northwest side of Lexington Table. Named by US-ACAN for Steven M. Hodge, USGS geophysicist, who worked in the Dufek Massif and Forrestal Range, 1978-79.

Southwest features

Camp Spur

. A rock spur along the north wall of May Valley. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Gary C. Camp, aerographer at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Mount Lechner

. A prominent mountain, high, surmounting the southwest end of Saratoga Table. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Major Ralph C. Lechner, United States Army, airlift coordinator on the staff of the Commander, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1964-66.

Erlanger Spur

. A rock spur from the southwest extremity of Lexington Table. The spur lies south of Abele Spur and extends west toward Blount Nunatak. Named by US-ACAN, at the suggestion of USGS geologist Arthur B. Ford, after George L. Erlanger, electronics specialist with Geophysical Survey Systems Inc., who worked with the USARP-CRREL survey in the Pensacola Mountains, 1973-74.

Blount Nunatak

. A prominent nunatak, high, standing southwest of Mount Lechner. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 during a United States Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for Hartford E. Blount, aviation machinists mate with United States Navy Squadron VX during Operation Deep Freeze, 1956.

Abele Spur

. A rock spur that descends west from Mount Lechner toward Herring Nunataks. Named by US-ACAN at the suggestion of Arthur B. Ford for Gunars Abele, civil engineer on the 1973-74 USARP-CRREL survey in this area.

Creaney Nunataks

. Low nunataks lying southwest of Herring Nunataks and west of Mount Lechner. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for David B. Creaney, aviation electrician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Herring Nunataks

. Two prominent nunataks standing northwest of Mount Lechner. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Earl F. Herring, aviation storekeeper at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

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