Faulkner Escarpment

Faulkner Escarpment (86°12′S 156°0′W / 86.200°S 156.000°W / -86.200; -156.000Coordinates: 86°12′S 156°0′W / 86.200°S 156.000°W / -86.200; -156.000) is an ice-covered escarpment, 30 nautical miles (56 km) long and over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) high, trending in a north-south direction and forming the eastern edge of Nilsen Plateau and Fram Mesa in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., chief counsel of Armour and Company of Chicago, contributors to the expedition.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Faulkner Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

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