Table Top, a small peak on the east side of Bartlett Glacier, 13km SE of Mt Gardiner and 9km NW of Mt Denauro; on the east side on a weathered granite outcrop; a knobbly surface with patches of residual soil
Altitude:
1950 m
Aspect:
Nil
Slope:
0 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
86° 24.00' S 152° 20' W
86° 24.00' S 152° 20' W
Latitude Longitude DD
-86.4000 -152.33
-86.4000 -152.33
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.0008 0.08
0.0008 0.08
Locality
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on the east side of Bartlett Glacier
Survey
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Nilsen Plateau
Climate
Soil climate zone:
Inland Mountain
Estimated mean annual temperature:
-38
°C
Frozen ground depth:
20 > cm
Frozen type:
Dry frozen
Frozen comment:
>20cm
Geology
Geological setting:
Granite outcrops mainly around the edge of the ridge and at higher elevation; there is appreciably less mica in the granite but the surface oxidation and weathering appears to increase
Patterned ground:
Nil
Surface weathering or surface features:
Rounded and strongly exfoliated bedrock with distinctly oxidised surfaces; no exfoliation in rock joints which are buried by weathering products
Soil
Soil parent material:
Disaggregated fine-grained granite over granite bedrock