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 eastern end on a ridge, below a snowy summit
Altitude:
2100 m
Aspect:
Nil
Slope:
0 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
86° 24.60' S 152° 04' W
86° 24.60' S 152° 04' W
Latitude Longitude DD
-86.4100 -152.067
-86.4100 -152.067
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:
-40
°C
Frozen ground depth:
0 cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:
Geology
Geological setting:
Till occurs on the highest eastern surfaces of Table Top and has a mixed lithology of granite, dolerite and quartzitic greywackes etc
Patterned ground:
Nil
Surface weathering or surface features:
Surface rocks are strongly stained with weathering appearing more advanced than at lower altitudes
Scattered snow patches but no indications of snow thaw or liquid water
Biological activity:
Nil at site
Profile Description
Horizon
Depth
Description
230a
0 – 10 cm
light yellowish brown to brownish yellow (10YR 6/4 -6/6) bouldery sandy to silty gravel; loose; salt accumulations around some stones and in rock fractures; rock particles subrounded to subangular and stained; some rock particles with marked crystal alteration