Table Top, a small peak on the east side of Bartlett Glacier, 13km SE of Mt Gardiner and 9km NW of Mt Denauro; at the edge of a broad undulating till-covered ridge, just off the ridge and at the top of an adjacent steep slope
Altitude:
1970 m
Aspect:
E
Slope:
20 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
86° 24.50' S 152° 17' W
86° 24.50' S 152° 17' W
Latitude Longitude DD
-86.4083 -152.283
-86.4083 -152.283
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.0008 0.008
0.0008 0.008
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:
40 cm
Frozen type:
dry frozen over ice-cemented
Frozen comment:
40cm
Geology
Geological setting:
The till on the upper portion of the adjacent slope, just below the ridge, may be the same stratigraphic till unit as that on the ridge but be representative of a greater depth; the soil is unweathered but this may be due to slope erosion on the upper margin of the till deposit
Patterned ground:
Nil
Surface weathering or surface features:
Weak surface staining and a moderately developed surface crust;