List of Geographical Features
- Lexington Table (83°05′S 49°45′W / 83.083°S 49.75°W / -83.083; -49.75) is a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, about 15 mi long and 10 mi wide, standing just N of Kent Gap and Saratoga Table. Discovered and photographed on Jan. 13, 1956 on a transcontinental nonstop flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for the USS Lexington of 1926, one of the first large aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy.
- Saratoga Table (83°20′S 50°30′W / 83.333°S 50.5°W / -83.333; -50.5) is a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, 8 mi long and 6 mi wide, standing just south of Kent Gap and Lexington Table. Discovered and photographed on Jan. 13, 1956 on a transcontinental nonstop flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for the USS Saratoga of 1926, one of the first large aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy.
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