Boyd Escarpment

Boyd Escarpment (82°26′S 50°30′W) is a rock and snow escarpment which extends northeast for 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Wujek Ridge, in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. It was named in 1979 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Walter W. Boyd, Jr., a U.S. International Geophysical Year glaciologist who wintered at Little America, 1957; geologist, United States Geological Survey, for three summers in the Pensacola Mountains, 1962–66.[1]

Boyd Escarpment
Location of Boyd Escarpment, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica

Features

Geographical features include:

References
  1. "Boyd Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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