Crescent Scarp
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.jpg) Overflight of the Crescent Scarp, Operation IceBridge 2017 |
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 39 ′ S , 66 ° 19 ′ W | |
The Crescent Scarp ( English for sickle slope ) is a striking, north-facing and 1400 m high cliff of rock and ice in the north of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises on the south side of the Fleming Glacier . Its eastern end is formed by the Page Bluff .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , made a rough survey of the formation. Aerial photographs were taken in 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) and in 1947 during the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a new survey in 1958 and gave the cliff its descriptive name, based on its shape.
Web links
- Crescent Scarp in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crescent Scarp on geographic.org (English)