Mawson Escarpment
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 5 ′ S , 68 ° 10 ′ E | |
The Mawson Escarpment is a flattened and 112 km long step in the east Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . The west-facing formation extends north-south along the eastern flank of the Lambert Glacier . At its northern tip is the Barkell platform .
John Michael Seaton, flight officer of the Royal Australian Air Force , discovered them on a reconnaissance flight as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them after the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) .
Web links
- Mawson Escarpment in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mawson Escarpment on geographic.org (English)