Founders Escarpment
Coordinates: 79 ° 15 ′ S , 86 ° 15 ′ W
Founders Escarpment is a prominent step on the western edge of the Heritage Range , the southern part of the Antarctic Ellsworth Mountains . It extends from the Minnesota Glacier in the north in a southeast direction to the head of the Splettstoesser Glacier , where it bends to the southwest.
The eternal ice flows over the step from the highlands in the west into the valleys of the Founders Peaks , which lie immediately to the east. To the north of the Splettstoesser glacier, at the head of the Gowan glacier , the 2170 m high Cunningham Peak rises from the step. At the southern end are the Zavis Peak and the Unger Peak .
Founders Escarpment was named after the Founders Peaks by a geological expedition from the University of Minnesota , who explored the area in the Antarctic summer 1963/64.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Founders Escarpment ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ Union Glacier ( [1] ), topographic map of the United States Geological Survey , 1966.
- ↑ Cunningham Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ Zavis Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 15, 2011.