Green Mesa

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Green Mesa (77°26′S 161°3′E / 77.433°S 161.050°E / -77.433; 161.050Coordinates: 77°26′S 161°3′E / 77.433°S 161.050°E / -77.433; 161.050) is an ice-free mesa of 1 nautical mile (2 km) extent, located 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) west-southwest of Canfield Mesa in the western part of the Insel Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1997) after , of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, who from the 1968–69 season made studies of lakes and streams in Taylor Valley and Wright Valley, including a geochemical analysis of the Onyx River and Lake Vanda with Donald E. Canfield (after whom Canfield Mesa was named) in 1980–81, 1986–87, and 1987–88. Green was co-editor (with E. Imre Friedmann) of Physical and Biogeochemical Processes in Antarctic Lakes, Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 59, American Geophysical Union, 1993.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Green Mesa". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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