Haworth Mesa

Haworth Mesa (85°54′S 128°18′W / 85.900°S 128.300°W / -85.900; -128.300Coordinates: 85°54′S 128°18′W / 85.900°S 128.300°W / -85.900; -128.300) is an ice-capped mesa with steep rock walls whose summit area is 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and rises to 3,610 metres (11,840 ft), standing between Sisco Mesa and Mount McNaughton where it forms part of the divide between Norfolk Glacier and Olentangy Glacier in the western Wisconsin Range of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Leland J. Haworth, Director of the National Science Foundation and a member of the Antarctic Policy Group.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Haworth Mesa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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