Green and Canfield Mesas

Canfield Mesa (77°25′S 161°10′E / 77.417°S 161.167°E / -77.417; 161.167) is an ice-free Antarctic mesa of 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) extent, located 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) east-northeast of Green Mesa in the western part of the Insel Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1997, after Donald E. Canfield, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, who made a geochemical analysis of the Onyx River and of Lake Vanda with William J. Green in the 1980–81, 1986–87, and 1987–88 field seasons.[1] .

References

  1. ↑ "Canfield Mesa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-23.

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