Pearson track
| Pearson track | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 43 ′ S , 70 ° 25 ′ W | |
The Pearson Spur is a rock spur in the northern part of Alexander I Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends southeast of the Elgar Uplands to the head of the Sibelius Glacier .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 1959 also used aerial photographs for mapping purposes . The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) carried out surveys between 1973 and 1977. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1980 after the glaciologist Martin Robert Pearson (* 1948), who worked for the BAS from 1970 to 1973 and from 1971 to 1972 on Alexander I Island.
Web links
- Pearson trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pearson Spur on geographic.org (English)