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 (2f)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A rock and snow escarpment which extends NE for 10 mi from Wujek Ridge and includes Bennett Spur, Cox Nunatak and Rankine Rock, in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, q.v. Named in 1979 by US-ACAN after Walter W. Boyd, Jr., U.S. IGY glaciologist who wintered at Little America, 1957; geologist, USGS, for three summers in the Pensacola Mountains, 1962-66.
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