Pioneers Escarpment

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Pioneers Escarpment
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Location of Pioneers Escarpment, Coats Land, Antarctica

Pioneers Escarpment (80°28′S 21°7′WCoordinates:  80°28′S 21°7′W) is a

mostly snow-covered north-facing escarpment, interrupted by occasional bluffs
and spurs, between Slessor Glacier on the north and Shotton Snowfield on the
south, in the Shackleton Range. The escarpment was photographed from the
air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and was surveyed by British Antarctic
Survey (BAS), 1968–71. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names
Committee (UK-APC) because features on the escarpment are named after the
pioneers whose inventions have assisted living and traveling conditions in the
polar regions.

References[edit]
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Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States
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