Pyroxenite Promontory
| Pyroxenite Promontory | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Forrestal Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 37 ′ S , 53 ° 0 ′ W | |
The pyroxenite Promontory is up to 1150 m high promontory in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains , it rises west of Neuburg Peak near the western end of the Dufek massif and extends northwest towards the Rautio-Nunatak .
The US geologist Arthur B. Ford , head of a team of the United States Geological Survey who worked in the Pensacola Mountains from 1978 to 1979 , made the designation. It is named after the ultramafic pyroxenite rock in a layer along the cliffs of this promontory.
Web links
- Pyroxenite Promontory in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pyroxenite Promontory on geographic.org (English)