Poldervaart Edge
| Poldervaart Edge | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 44 ′ S , 25 ° 57 ′ W | |
Poldervaart Edge is a 1,300 m high, and east-facing ground level in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range it extends as part of the Du-Toit-Nunatakker over a length of 7 km in a northeast-southwest expansion.
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out measurements between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the terrain step in 1971 after the American petrologist Arie Poldervaart (1919-1964) for his research on basalt rock .
Web links
- Poldervaart Edge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Poldervaart Edge on geographic.org (English)