Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Kirwan Escarpment (RUS) | 73° 30' 00.0" S | 3° 00' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
Name ID: 118782 Place ID: 7570 | |||
Kirwan Escarpment (USA) | 73° 25' 00.0" S | 3° 30' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
Name ID: 127443
Place ID: 7570
A prominent northwest-facing escarpment which lies S of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land. The escarpment is featured by moderate-height cliffs and prominent rock spurs interspersed with glaciers and steep ice slopes and trends NE-SW for about 90 miles. At least the northern end of this feature (Neumayer Cliffs) was included in the aerial photography of the general area by the GerAE (1938-39), but the maps resulting from that expedition do not portray the escarpment properly. The escarpment was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos (1958-59) and named for Laurence P. Kirwan, Director of the Royal Geographical Society. |
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Kirwanveggen (NOR) | 73° 30' 00.0" S | 3° 30' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
Name ID: 115419
Place ID: 7570
Row with mountains between Amundsenisen in the S and Ritscherflya and Pencksøkket in the N part of Maudheimvidda. After Laurence P. Kirwan, Director of the Royal Geographical Society. |
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