Boyd Escarpment (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Boyd Escarpment (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Escarpment
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to c. 1000m and extending NE from Davis Valley, Dufek Massif, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after Walter W. Boyd, Jr, USARP glaciologist, "Little America", winter 1957; geologist, USGS, for three summers, 1962-66, in Pensacola Mountains (APC, 1980, p.3). (USGS sheet SU 21-25/10, 1969).
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