Andersen Escarpment
| Andersen Escarpment | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Thiel Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 8 ′ S , 91 ° 37 ′ W | |
The Andersen Escarpment is a steep and rocky step in the Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It is located south of the Reed Ridge ridge on the west side of the Ford massif in the Thiel Mountains .
It was named at the suggestion of cartographer Peter Frank Bermel and geologist Arthur B. Ford , both of whom worked for the United States Geological Survey . It is named after the Norwegian geologist and glaciologist Bjørn G. Andersen (1924–2012) from the University of Oslo , who between 1961 and 1962 carried out field research in the Thiel Mountains with Bermel and Ford.
Web links
- Andersen Escarpment in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andersen Escarpment on geographic.org (English)