Navajo Butte

Navajo Butte (77°58′S 162°3′E) is a sandstone butte which displays large-scale cross bedding, rising from the south-central part of Table Mountain, Royal Society Range, in Victoria Land. Named by Alan Sherwood, New Zealand Geological Survey party leader in the area, 1987–88, after the famous Navajo sandstone of Utah.

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