Pioneers Escarpment (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pioneers 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:
part of Shackleton Range (q.v.) between Slessor Glacier to the N, and Shotton Snowfield and Read Mountains to the S, extending from Jackson Tooth to Lundström Knoll, Coats Land, and continuing to the E-most nunataks of the range in the vicinity of Skiltvakta and Vindberget, Dronning Maud Land. Following air photography by USN in 1967 and ground survey by BAS from Halley, 1968-71, the escarpment was named after pioneers whose inventions have assisted living and travelling conditions in the polar regions, but the name was restricted to the part within Coats Land (APC, 1974, p.5). The name, with its Norwegian equivalent Pionerhallet, was later redefined to include the whole escarpment (BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978; APC, 1980, p.5).
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