Lexington Table

Lexington Table is an ice-covered plateau in the centre of the Forrestal Range, part of the Pensacola Mountains in Queen Elizabeth Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It rises to about 5,250 feet.

This plateau was photographed from the air by the United States Navy, 13 January 1956, on a non-stop flight from McMurdo Sound, Ross Dependency, to the Weddell Sea and return during Operation Deep Freeze, 1955-56; in association with Saratoga Table (q.v.), named after USS Lexington which was commissioned in 1926 as one of the first the United States Navy fleet carriers and which served in the Pacific Ocean in the Second World War. The feature was further photographed from the air by the United CStates Navy in 1964 and surveyed from the ground by the United States Geological Survey, 1965-66.

Location

• Location map: 83°7’8"S, 49°52’21"W

Reference

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Lexington Table